Chimney
['tʃɪmnɪ] or ['tʃɪmni]
Definition
(noun.) a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building.
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Definition
(n.) A fireplace or hearth.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A tube usually of glass, placed around a flame, as of a lamp, to create a draft, and promote combustion.
(n.) A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending downward in a vein.
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Definition
n. a passage for the escape of smoke or heated air from a furnace: in houses that part of the passage which is built above the roof: anything of a like shape.—ns. Chim′ney-can or -pot a cylindrical pipe of earthenware or other material placed at the top of a chimney to increase the draught; Chim′ney-cor′ner in old chimneys the space between the fire and the wall forming the sides of the fireplace: fireside commonly spoken of as the place for the aged and infirm; Chim′ney-piece a shelf over the fireplace; Chim′ney-shaft the stalk of a chimney which rises above the building; Chim′ney-Stack a group of chimneys carried up together; Chim′ney-stalk a very tall chimney; Chim′ney-swall′ow the Hirundo rustica a very common swallow: the chimney-swift; Chim′ney-sweep Chim′ney-sweep′er one who sweeps or cleans chimneys; Chim′ney-top the top of a chimney.—Chimney-pot hat a familiar name for the ordinary cylindrical hat of gentlemen.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seeing chimneys, denotes a very displeasing incident will occur in your life. Hasty intelligence of sickness will be borne you. A tumble down chimney, denotes sorrow and likely death in your family. To see one overgrown with ivy or other vines, foretells that happiness will result from sorrow or loss of relatives. To see a fire burning in a chimney, denotes much good is approaching you. To hide in a chimney corner, denotes distress and doubt will assail you. Business will appear gloomy. For a young woman to dream that she is going down a chimney, foretells she will be guilty of some impropriety which will cause consternation among her associates. To ascend a chimney, shows that she will escape trouble which will be planned for her.
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Examples
- The boiler was tubular, and the exhaust steam was carried into the chimney by a pipe in front of the smoke stack as shown. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- When I left, Estella was yet standing by the great chimney-piece, just as she had stood throughout. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I design to secrete it in the wall of the chimney, where I have slowly and laboriously made a place of concealment for it. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- My eye had been caught by a gun with a brass-bound stock over the chimney-piece, and his eye had followed mine. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- At those times he glanced in the chimney-glass to see what note the old man took of him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- There was hair upon the end, which blazed and shrunk into a light cinder, and, caught by the air, whirled up the chimney. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- As evening drew in, the storm grew higher and louder, and the wind cried and sobbed like a child in the chimney. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Is there a chimney on fire? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Phil announcing it, Mr. George knocks the ashes out of his pipe on the hob, stands his pipe itself in the chimney corner, and sits down to the meal. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He has been standing on the hearthstone with his back to the smoked chimney-piece, and now turns round with his glasses to his eyes. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Sophie is my nurse; she came with me over the sea in a great ship with a chimney that smoked--how it did smoke! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- But this table, which is present to me, and the chimney, may and do exist separately. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The burning logs gave warmth to the cabin and served as a primitive cooking agent; and the smoke which usually accompanies burning bodies was carried away by means of the chimney. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- There are two ways of contracting a chimney; one by contracting the opening _before_ the fire, the other by contracting the funnel _above_ the fire. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Across the road at the sawmill smoke was coming out of the chimney and Anselmo could smell it blown toward him through the snow. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Young boys have been smothered in chimneys before now,' said another gentleman. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The fourth side was the house, a quaint, low-roofed, old-fashioned place, with deep diamond-paned lattices, and stacks of curiously-twisted chimneys. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Why, he sees those chimneys--the tallest ones! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- So strange to turn from the chimneys to the birds. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- How could you think of writing to me about chimneys and fires in such weather as this! Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The climate is mild; they never have snow or ice, and I saw no chimneys in the town. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The drawn blinds and the smokeless chimneys, however, gave it a stricken look, as though the weight of this horror still lay heavy upon it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The illumination from a shaded oil lamp is soft and agreeable, but the trimming of the wicks, the refilling of bowls, and the cleaning of chimneys require time and labor. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In this blue clay or Kimberlite in these chimneys, is found nature’s most wonderful creation, the diamond crystallized from pure carbon, in intense heat, and under titanic pressure. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- You could see a high gable, then a long front, then a low gable, then a thick, lofty stack of chimneys. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- This is seen in narrow stove chimneys, when a _sacheverell_ or blower is used, which still more contracts the narrow opening. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- During his rounds in the night Swanson would find time to collect from the chimneys the soot that the lamps gave. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- There are no windows to a Syrian hut, and no chimneys. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- There were the piles of city roofs and chimneys, more free from smoke than on week-days; and there were the distant masts and steeples. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- From a grove upon our left I could already see the high chimneys and the flag-staff which marked the squire's dwelling. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
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