Flue
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An inclosed passage way for establishing and directing acurrent of air, gases, etc.; an air passage; esp.:(a) A compartment or division of a chimney for conveying flame andsmoke to the outer air.(b) A passage way for conducting a current of fresh, foul, or heatedair from one place to another.(c) (Steam Boiler) A pipe or passage for conveying flame and hotgases through surrounding water in a boiler; -- distinguished from atube which holds water and is surrounded by fire. Small flues arecalled fire tubes or simply tubes. Flue boiler. See under Boiler.-- Flue bridge, the separating low wall between the flues and thelaboratory of a reverberatory furnace.-- Flue plate (Steam Boiler), a plate to which the ends of the fluesare fastened; -- called also flue sheet, tube sheet, and tube plate.-- Flue surface (Steam Boiler), the aggregate surface of fluesexposed to flame or the hot gases.
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A term used by the the Los Angeles gang The Bloods to refer to there rivals, The Crips, favorite color Blue
A term used by the Crips to refer to there favorite color without useing the letter B
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The word Flue is someone who creates fake, [false] and/or [imaginary], non [existent] things.
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