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Chimney corner

Chimney \Chim"ney\, n.; pl. Chimneys. [F. chemin['e]e, LL. caminata, fr. L. caminus furnace, fireplace, Gr. ? furnace, oven.]

  1. A fireplace or hearth. [Obs.]
    --Sir W. Raleigh.

  2. That part of a building which contains the smoke flues; esp. an upright tube or flue of brick or stone, in most cases extending through or above the roof of the building. Often used instead of chimney shaft.

    Hard by a cottage chimney smokes.
    --Milton.

  3. A tube usually of glass, placed around a flame, as of a lamp, to create a draft, and promote combustion.

  4. (Min.) A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending downward in a vein. --Raymond. Chimney board, a board or screen used to close a fireplace; a fireboard. Chimney cap, a device to improve the draught of a chimney, by presenting an exit aperture always to leeward. Chimney corner, the space between the sides of the fireplace and the fire; hence, the fireside. Chimney hook, a hook for holding pats and kettles over a fire, Chimney money, hearth money, a duty formerly paid in England for each chimney. Chimney pot (Arch.), a cylinder of earthenware or sheet metal placed at the top of a chimney which rises above the roof. Chimney swallow. (Zo["o]l.)

    1. An American swift ( Ch[ae]ture pelasgica) which lives in chimneys.

    2. In England, the common swallow ( Hirundo rustica).

      Chimney sweep, Chimney sweeper, one who cleans chimneys of soot; esp. a boy who climbs the flue, and brushes off the soot.

Wiktionary
chimney corner

n. The side of an open fireplace or hearth in a home, traditionally thought of as a place for the old or unwell.

WordNet
chimney corner

n. a corner by a fireplace [syn: inglenook]

Usage examples of "chimney corner".

Little Em'ly had overcome her shyness, and was sitting by my side upon the lowest and least of the lockers, which was just large enough for us two, and just fitted into the chimney corner.

Dear Joe, I hope you will have children to love, and that some little fellow will sit in this chimney corner of a winter night, who may remind you of another little fellow gone out of it for ever.

A spinster is a dried-up old maid in a mob-cap, sitting in the chimney corner winding flax on a distaff.

Old Nathan sat morosely in the chimney corner, reading with his back to the fire, when his cat came in the next night.