flews

plural noun

1. the large, pendulous sides of the upper lip of certain dogs, as bloodhounds.

noun

1. flue³.

noun

1. a fishing net.

pl n

1. the fleshy hanging upper lip of a bloodhound or similar dog

verb

1. the past tense of fly 1

noun

1. a variant spelling of flue 3

noun

1. a shaft, tube, or pipe, esp as used in a chimney, to carry off smoke, gas, etc
2. music the passage in an organ pipe or flute within which a vibrating air column is set upSee also flue pipe

noun

1. loose fluffy matter; down

noun

1. a type of fishing net

noun

1. another word for fluke 1 (def. 1), fluke 1

past tense of fly (v.1).

n.

“smoke channel in a chimney,” 1580s, perhaps related to 15c. word meaning “mouthpiece of a hunting horn,” or perhaps from Old English flowan “to flow,” and/or Old French fluie “stream.”