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Chimneys :: Chimneys (pl. ) of Chimne.

Smokejack :: Smokejack (n.) A contrivance for turning a spit by means of a fly or wheel moved by the current of ascending air in a chimney.

Breast :: Breast (n.) Anything resembling the human breast, or bosom; the front or forward part of anything; as, a chimney breast; a plow breast; the breast of a hill..

Chimney-breast :: Chimney-breast (n.) The horizontal projection of a chimney from the wall in which it is built; -- commonly applied to its projection in the inside of a building only.

Swallow :: Swallow (n.) Any one of numerous species of swifts which resemble the true swallows in form and habits, as the common American chimney swallow, or swift..

Cow :: Cow (n.) A chimney cap; a cow.

Cowl :: Cowl (n.) A cowl-shaped cap, commonly turning with the wind, used to improve the draft of a chimney, ventilating shaft, etc..

Cricket :: Cricket (n.) A small false roof, or the raising of a portion of a roof, so as to throw off water from behind an obstacle, such as a chimney..

Chimney :: Chimney (n.) A fireplace or hearth.

Smoky :: Smoky (superl.) Subject to be filled with smoke from chimneys or fireplace; as, a smoky house..

Mantel :: Mantel (n.) The finish around a fireplace, covering the chimney-breast in front and sometimes on both sides; especially, a shelf above the fireplace, and its supports..

Bonnet :: Bonnet (n.) A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to prevent escape of sparks..

Foul :: Foul (superl.) Covered with, or containing, extraneous matter which is injurious, noxious, offensive, or obstructive; filthy; dirty; not clean; polluted; nasty; defiled; as, a foul cloth; foul hands; a foul chimney; foul air; a ship's bottom is foul when overgrown with barnacles; a gun becomes foul from repeated firing; a well is foul with polluted water..

Tewel :: Tewel (n.) A pipe, funnel, or chimney, as for smoke..

Smokestack :: Smokestack (n.) A chimney; esp., a pipe serving as a chimney, as the pipe which carries off the smoke of a locomotive, the funnel of a steam vessel, etc..

Crash :: Crash (v. i.) To break with violence and noise; as, the chimney in falling crashed through the roof..

Samovar :: Samovar (n.) A metal urn used in Russia for making tea. It is filled with water, which is heated by charcoal placed in a pipe, with chimney attached, which passes through the urn..

Hoveling :: Hoveling (n.) A method of securing a good draught in chimneys by covering the top, leaving openings in the sides, or by carrying up two of the sides higher than the other two..

Tunnel :: Tunnel (n. .) The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a flue; a funnel.

Soot :: Soot (n.) A black substance formed by combustion, or disengaged from fuel in the process of combustion, which rises in fine particles, and adheres to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke; strictly, the fine powder, consisting chiefly of carbon, which colors smoke, and which is the result of imperfect combustion. See Smoke..

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