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- n a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building
- n a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp
- Hundreds of rescuers searched Thursday for about 20 people believed still trapped under the rubble of a large chimney that collapsed on workers at a power plant in central India .
- After drilling a well to the top of the chimney, they will tap off gas freed by the explosion and test it for radioactivity.
- Six months ago Kiyoshi Tanabe won fame and a strike for fellow factory employes by sitting grimly on a factory chimney for 129 hours, disregarding all the blandishments of the .