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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The dust which collects in the flue of a metallurgical furnace, and which contains some very fine particles of metal, usually in the form of oxids.
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Examples
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Selenium is usually obtained from the flue-dust or chamber deposits of some factory where sulphuric acid is made.
Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone or the Picture That Saved a Fortune Victor [pseud.] Appleton
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The metal is usually obtained from the flue-dust (produced during the first three or four hours working of a zinc distillation) which is collected in the sheet iron cones or adapters of the zinc retorts.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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