Part 4427

<h1>Flute</h1> <Xpage=575>

<hw>Flute</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fluted</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Fluting</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To play, whistle, or sing with a clear, soft note, like that of a flute.</def>

<blockquote>Knaves are men, That lute and <b>flute</b> fantastic tenderness. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote> The redwing <b>flutes</b> his o-ka-lee. <i>Emerson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To form flutes or channels in, as in a column, a ruffle, etc.</def>

<h1>Fl\'96te \'85 bec</h1> <Xpage=575>

<hw>Fl\'96te` \'85 bec"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A beak flute, an older form of the flute, played with a mouthpiece resembling a beak, and held like a flageolet.</def>

<h1>Fluted</h1> <Xpage=575>

<hw>Flut"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Thin; fine; clear and mellow; flutelike; <as>as, <ex>fluted</ex> notes</as>.</def>

<i>Busby.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Decorated with flutes; channeled; grooved; <as>as, a <ex>fluted</ex> column; a <ex>fluted</ex> ruffle; a <ex>fluted</ex> spectrum.</as></def>

<h1>Flutemouth</h1> <Xpage=575>

<hw>Flute"mouth`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A fish of the genus <spn>Aulostoma</spn>, having a much elongated tubular snout.</def>

<h1>Fluter</h1> <Xpage=575>

<hw>Flut"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who plays on the flute; a flutist or flautist.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who makes grooves or flutings.</def>

<h1>Fluting</h1> <Xpage=575>

<hw>Flut"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Decoration by means of flutes or channels; a flute, or flutes collectively; <as>as, the <ex>fluting</ex> of a column or pilaster; the <ex>fluting</ex> of a lady's ruffle.</as></def>

<cs><col>Fluting iron</col>, <cd>a laundry iron for fluting ruffles; -- called also <altname>Italian iron</altname>, or <altname>gaufering iron</altname>.</cd> <i>Knight.</i> -- <col>Fluting lathe</col>, <cd>a machine for forming spiral flutes, as on balusters, table legs, etc.</cd></cs>

<h1>Flutist</h1> <Xpage=575>

<hw>Flut"ist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fl\'96tiste</ets>.]</ety> <def>A performer on the flute; a flautist.</def>

<i>Busby.</i>

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<p><b>2.</b> <def>To move with quick vibrations or undulations; <as>as, a sail <ex>flutters</ex> in the wind; a <ex>fluttering</ex> fan.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To move about briskly, irregularly, or with great bustle and show, without much result.</def>

<blockquote> No rag, no scrap, of all the beau, or wit, That once so <b>fluttered</b>, and that once so writ. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To be in agitation; to move irregularly; to flucttuate; to be uncertainty.</def>

<blockquote> Long we <b>fluttered</b> on the wings of doubtful success. <i>Howell.</i></blockquote>