flue

flue
Synonyms and related words:
air, blubber, breeze, bubble, butter, chaff, chimney, chimney corner, chip, clay, cobweb, cork, cushion, dough, down, dust, eiderdown, ether, fairy, feather, feather bed, feathers, fender, fire screen, fireboard, fireguard, fireplace, fireside, fleece, floss, flue pipe, fluff, foam, froth, fumarole, funnel, fur, fuzz, gossamer, hearth, hearthstone, hob, hub, ingle, inglenook, ingleside, kapok, lint, mote, pile, pillow, plush, pudding, puff, putty, rubber, satin, silk, smokehole, smokeshaft, smokestack, sponge, spume, stack, stovepipe, straw, swansdown, thistledown, velvet, wax, wool, zephyr

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  • flue — flue …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • flué — flué …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • Flue — (fl[=u]), n. [Cf. OF. flue a flowing, fr. fluer to flow, fr. L. fluere (cf. {Fluent}); a perh. a corruption of E. flute.] 1. An inclosed passage way for establishing and directing a current of air, gases, etc.; an air passage; esp.: (a) A… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Flüe — ist der Name von Ludwig von Flüe (1752−1817), kommandierender Offizier der Schweizergarde bei der Verteidigung der Bastille Niklaus von Flüe (oder Bruder Klaus; 1417−1487), Schweizer Einsiedler, Asket und Mystiker …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • flue — flue; flue·less; flue·man; …   English syllables

  • flue — flue1 [flo͞o] n. [< ? OFr fluie, a flowing, stream] 1. a tube, pipe, or shaft for the passage of smoke, hot air, exhaust fumes, etc., esp. in a chimney 2. [ME, mouthpiece of a hunting horn] a) a flue pipe in an organ b) the opening or passage… …   English World dictionary

  • Flue — (fl[=u]), n. [Cf. F. flou light, tender, G. flau weak, W. llwch dust. [root]84.] Light down, such as rises from cotton, fur, etc.; very fine lint or hair. Dickens. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Flüe — Flüe,   Nikolaus von der, schweizerischer Mystiker, Nikolaus, N. von der Flüe.   …   Universal-Lexikon

  • flue — sb., n, r, rne, i sms. flue , fx flueklat …   Dansk ordbog

  • flue|y — «FLOO ee», adjective. covered with flue; fluffy; downy. ╂[< flue2 + y1] …   Useful english dictionary

  • Flüe — Flüe, Nikolaus von der F., eigentlich Nik. v. Löwenbrugger (gewöhnlich Bruder Klaus genannt), geb. den 21. März 1417 in Flüeli im Canton Unterwalden, zeigte schon früh eine Neigung zur Einsamkeit u. zum beschaulichen Leben, diente seinem Canton… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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