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Flue vs Flye - What's the difference?

flue | flye |

As a noun flue

is a pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).

As an adjective flye is

eccentric.

flue

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).
  • An enclosed passageway in which to direct air or other gaseous current along.
  • A woolly or downy substance; down, nap. Also pl.'' bits of down. ''Obs.

    • Related terms

    * flue gas * open flue * balanced flue

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    flye

    English

    Alternative forms

    * fly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (weightlifting) An exercise performed by moving extended arms through an arc while the elbows are kept at a fixed angle, especially those done to exercise the chest muscles.
  • * 1974 , Charles Gaines & George Butler, Pumping Iron: The Art and Sport of Bodybuilding , page 22.

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