King James Bible Dictionary

Hosea 13:3

CHIMNEY, noun

1. In architecture, a body of brick or stone, erected in a building, containing a funnel or funnels, to convey smoke, and other volatile matter through the roof, from the hearth or fire-place, where fuel is burnt. This body of materials is sometimes called a stack of chimneys, especially when it contains two or more funnels, or passages.

2. A fireplace; the lower part of the body of brick or stone which confines and conveys smoke.

CHIMNEY-CORNER, noun

1. The corner of a fire-place, or the space between the fire and the sides of the fire-place. In the Northern States of America, fire-places were formerly made six or eight feet wide, or even more, and a stool was placed by the side of the fire, as a seat for children, and this often furnished a comfortable situation for idlers. As fuel has become scarce, our fire-places are contracted, till, in many or most of our dwellings, we have no chimney-corners.

2. In a more enlarged sense, the fire-side, or a place near the fire.

CHIMNEY-HOOK, noun A hook for holding pots and kettles over a fire.

CHIMNEY-MONEY, noun Hearth-money, a duty paid for each chimney in a house.

CHIMNEY-PIECE, noun An ornamental piece of wood or stone set round a fire-place.

CHIMNEY-SWEEPER, noun One whose occupation is to sweep and scrape chimneys, to clean them of the soot that adheres to their sides.