Noah Webster
Fluder
FLUD'ER,
FLUE, noun [probably contracted from flume, Latin flumen, from fluo.]
A passage for smoke in a chimney, leading from the fireplace to the top of the chinmey, or into another passage; as a chinmey with four flues.
FLUE, noun [Latin pluma.] Soft down or fur; very fine hair. [Local.]