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Webster 1913 Edition
Flute
Flute
,Noun.
[OE. ]
floute
, floite
, fr. OF. flaüte
, flahute
, flahuste
, F. fl[GREEK]te
; cf. LL. flauta
, D. fluit
. See Flute
, Verb.
I.
1.
A musical wind instrument, consisting of a hollow cylinder or pipe, with holes along its length, stopped by the fingers or by keys which are opened by the fingers. The modern flute is closed at the upper end, and blown with the mouth at a lateral hole.
The breathing
flute’s
soft notes are heard around. Pope.
2.
(Arch.)
A channel of curved section; – usually applied to one of a vertical series of such channels used to decorate columns and pilasters in classical architecture. See Illust. under
Base
, Noun.
3.
A similar channel or groove made in wood or other material, esp. in plaited cloth, as in a lady's ruffle.
4.
A long French breakfast roll.
Simonds.
5.
A stop in an organ, having a flutelike sound.
Flute bit
, a boring tool for piercing ebony, rosewood, and other hard woods.
– Flute pipe
, an organ pipe having a sharp lip or wind-cutter which imparts vibrations to the column of air in the pipe.
Knight.
Flute
(flūt)
, Noun.
[Cf. F.
flûte
a transport, D. fluit
.] A kind of flyboat; a storeship.
Armed en flûte
(Nav.)
, partially armed.
Flute
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Fluted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fluting
.] 1.
To play, whistle, or sing with a clear, soft note, like that of a flute.
Knaves are men,
That lute and
That lute and
flute
fantastic tenderness. Tennyson.
The redwing
flutes
his o-ka-lee. Emerson.
2.
To form flutes or channels in, as in a column, a ruffle, etc.
Webster 1828 Edition
Flute
FLUTE
,Noun.
1.
A small wind instrument; a pipe with lateral holes or stops, played by blowing with the mouth, and by stopping and opening the holes with the fingers.2.
A channel in a column or pillar; a perpendicular furrow or cavity, cut along the shaft of a column or pilaster; so called from its resemblance to a flute. It is used chiefly in the Ionic order; sometimes in the Composite and Corinthian; rarely in the Doric and Tuscan. It is called also a reed.3.
A long vessel or boat, with flat ribs or floor timbers, round behind, and swelled in the middle; a different orthography of float, flota.Armed in flute. An armed ship, with her guns of the lower tier and part of those of the upper tier removed, used as a transport, is said to be armed in flute.
FLUTE
,Verb.
I.
FLUTE
,Verb.
T.