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Jamb :: "Jamb (n.) The vertical side of any opening, as a door or fireplace; hence, less properly, any narrow vertical surface of wall, as the of a chimney-breast or of a pier, as distinguished from its face..

Ingle :: Ingle (n.) Flame; blaze; a fire; a fireplace.

Fireboard :: Fireboard (n.) A chimney board or screen to close a fireplace when not in use.

Flare :: Flare (n.) A spreading outward; as, the flare of a fireplace..

Hearth :: Hearth (n.) The pavement or floor of brick, stone, or metal in a chimney, on which a fire is made; the floor of a fireplace; also, a corresponding part of a stove..

Chimney-piece :: Chimney-piece (n.) A decorative construction around the opening of a fireplace.

Firedog :: Firedog (n.) A support for wood in a fireplace; an andiron.

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

Manteltree :: Manteltree (n.) The lintel of a fireplace when of wood, as frequently in early houses..

Andiron :: Andiron (n.) A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side; a firedog; as, a pair of andirons..

Steatitic :: Steatite (n.) A massive variety of talc, of a grayish green or brown color. It forms extensive beds, and is quarried for fireplaces and for coarse utensils. Called also potstone, lard stone, and soapstone..

Dog :: Dog (n.) An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an andiron.

Gather :: Gather (v. t.) To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue, or the like..

Tisar :: Tisar (n.) The fireplace at the side of an annealing oven.

Hood :: Hood (n.) A projecting cover above a hearth, forming the upper part of the fireplace, and confining the smoke to the flue..

Bonnet :: Bonnet (n.) A metallic canopy, or projection, over an opening, as a fireplace, or a cowl or hood to increase the draught of a chimney, etc..

Reredos :: Reredos (n.) The back of a fireplace.

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..

Fireplace :: Fireplace (n.) The part a chimney appropriated to the fire; a hearth; -- usually an open recess in a wall, in which a fire may be built..

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

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