Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A chimney.
  • noun In coal-mining, a chimney placed on the top of the upcast-shaft to increase the draft and carry off the smoke.
  • noun A wooded valley.
  • noun A deep pool.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Prov. Eng. & Scot. A chimney.
  • noun A ventilating chimney over the shaft of a mine.
  • noun Prov. Eng. A woody valley; also, a deep pool.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Scotland A chimney.
  • noun Scotland A ventilating chimney over the shaft of a mine.
  • noun Scotland A woody valley.
  • noun Scotland A deep pool.

Etymologies

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Origin uncertain.

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  • Scots - chimney, chimney stack.

    December 10, 2007

  • '"It is a queer thing," his mind droned on, "that when I came here when I was young I saw there was a peck of dust in every room, and I blamed old Mr. Logan for keeping on yon dirty old wife of a caretaker. I said to myself that when I was the master I would have it like a new pin and put a decent buddy in the basement. And now Mr. Logan is long dead, and the old wife is long dead, and I have had things my own way these many years, but the place is still foul as a lum, and I keep on yon slut of a Mrs. Powell. Ah well! Ah well!"'

    - Rebecca West, The Judge

    July 23, 2009

  • The balls of light that give Rayman power!

    July 23, 2009