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Nov 29, 2009
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flue



Pronunciation: (flOO), [key]
—n.
1. a passage or duct for smoke in a chimney.
2. any duct or passage for air, gas, or the like.
3. a tube, esp. a large one, in a fire-tube boiler.
4. Music.
a. See flue pipe.
b. Also called windway. a narrow slit in the upper end of an organ pipe through which the air current is directed.

flue



Pronunciation: (flOO), [key]
—n.
downy matter; fluff.

flue



Pronunciation: (flOO), [key]
—n.
a fishing net. Also,flew.

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