flue

Meanings

Noun

• A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).
• An enclosed passageway in which to direct air or other gaseous current along.
• A woolly or downy substance; down, nap; a piece of this.
• In an organ flue pipe, the opening between the lower lip and the languet.

Adjective

• Alternative of flew

Origin

• From Middle English flue, flewe, of uncertain origin. Perhaps a back-formation from Middle English *flews (mistaken as a plural), from Old English flēwsa. Alternatively, perhaps an alteration of Middle English floute, fleute, flote, see English flute. Compare also Middle Dutch vloegh.