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Webster 1913 Edition
Chimney
Chim′ney
,Noun.
pl.
Chimneys
(#)
. [F.
cheminée
, LL. caminata
, fr. L. caminus
furnace, fireplace, Gr. [GREEK] furnace, oven.] 1.
A fireplace or hearth.
[Obs.]
Sir W. Raleigh.
2.
That part of a building which contains the smoke flues; esp. an upright tube or flue of brick or stone, in most cases extending through or above the roof of the building. Often used instead of chimney shaft.
Hard by a cottage
chimney
smokes. Milton.
3.
A tube usually of glass, placed around a flame, as of a lamp, to create a draft, and promote combustion.
4.
(Min.)
A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending downward in a vein.
Raymond.
Chimney board
, a board or screen used to close a fireplace; a fireboard.
– Chimney cap
, a device to improve the draught of a chimney, by presenting an exit aperture always to leeward.
– Chimney corner
, the space between the sides of the fireplace and the fire; hence, the fireside.
– Chimney hook
, a hook for holding pats and kettles over a fire,
– Chimney money
, hearth money, a duty formerly paid in England for each chimney.
– Chimney pot
(Arch.)
, a cylinder of earthenware or sheet metal placed at the top of a chimney which rises above the roof.
– Chimney swallow
. (Zool.)
(a)
An American swift (
Chæture pelasgica
) which lives in chimneys. (b)
In England, the common swallow (
– Hirundo rustica
). Chimney sweep
, Chimney sweeper
one who cleans chimneys of soot; esp. a boy who climbs the flue, and brushes off the soot.
Webster 1828 Edition
Chimney
CHIMNEY
, n.1.
In architecture, a body of brick or stone, erected in a building, containing a funnel or funnels, to convey smoke, and other volatile matter through the roof, from the hearth or fire-place, where fuel is burnt. This body of materials is sometimes called a stack of chimneys, especially when it contains two or more funnels, or passages.2.
A fireplace; the lower part of the body of brick or stone which confines and conveys smoke.