flues and stacks

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• to blow one's stacks — Stack Stack (st[a^]k), n. [Icel. stakkr; akin to Sw. stack, Dan. stak. Cf. {Stake}.] 1. A large and to some degree orderly pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Chimney — For other uses, see Chimney (disambiguation). Smokestack redirects here. For the 1963 avant garde jazz album, see Smokestack (album). The world s tallest chimney, of GRES 2 in Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan. A chimney is a structure for venting hot flue… …   Wikipedia

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• chimney — chimneyless, adj. chimneylike, adj. /chim nee/, n., pl. chimneys, v., chimneyed, chimneying. n. 1. a structure, usually vertical, containing a passage or flue by which the smoke, gases, etc., of a fire or furnace are carried off and by means of… …   Universalium

• stack — /stæk / (say stak) noun 1. a large, usually circular or rectangular pile of hay, straw, or the like. 2. any more or less orderly pile or heap. 3. a number of chimneys or flues grouped together. 4. a single chimney or funnel for smoke, or a… …  

• stack — stacker, n. stackless, adj. /stak/, n. 1. a more or less orderly pile or heap: a precariously balanced stack of books; a neat stack of papers. 2. a large, usually conical, circular, or rectangular pile of hay, straw, or the like. 3. Often, stacks …   Universalium

• stack — [[t]stæk[/t]] n. 1) a more or less orderly pile or heap 2) agr. a large, usu. conical, circular, or rectangular pile of hay, straw, or the like 3) Often, stacks. a set of shelves for books ranged compactly one above the other, as in a library 4)… …   From formal English to slang

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• Hypocaust — A hypocaust (Latin hypocaustum ) is an ancient Roman system of central heating. The word literally means heat from below , from the Greek hypo meaning below or underneath, and kaiein , to burn or light a fire. They are traditionally considered to …   Wikipedia

• Chimney (locomotive) — Great Western locomotives with their distinctive copper rimmed chimneys …   Wikipedia