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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Flute \Flute\, verb (used without an object) [OE. flouten, floiten, OF. fla["u]ter, fle["u]ter, flouster, F. fl[^u]ter, cf. D. fluiten; ascribed to an assumed LL. flautare, flatuare, fr. L. flatus a blowing, fr. flare to blow. Cf. {Flout}, {Flageolet}, {Flatulent}.] To play on, or as on, a flute; to make a flutelike sound.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Flute \Flute\, noun [OE. floute, floite, fr. OF. fla["u]te, flahute, flahuste, F. fl?te; cf. LL. flauta, D. fluit. See {Flute}, verb (used without an object)]
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Flute \Flute\, verb (used with an object) [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 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Flute \Flute\ (fl[=u]t), noun [Cf. F. fl[^u]te a transport, D. fluit.] A kind of flyboat; a storeship.
{Armed en fl[^u]te}(Nav.), partially armed.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
flute
noun
1: a high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown [syn: {transverse flute}]
2: a tall narrow wineglass [syn: {flute glass}, {champagne flute}]
3: a groove or furrow in cloth etc especially the shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column [syn: {fluting}]
verb: form flutes in
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
193 Moby Thesaurus words for "flute": English horn, Pandean pipe, aulos, bagpipe, bark, basset horn, basset oboe, bassoon, bawl, bellow, bezel, blare, blat, blow, blow a horn, blubber, bombard, boom, bray, breathe, bugle, buzz, cackle, canal, canalize, carillon, carve, chamfer, channel, chant, chase, chink, chirp, chisel, clarinet, clarion, contrabassoon, contrafagotto, coo, corrugate, corrugation, crack, cranny, crease, crimp, crisp, cromorne, crow, cut, dado, dike, ditch, dog-ear, doodle, double, double bassoon, double over, double reed, double-tongue, drawl, enfold, engrave, engraving, exclaim, fife, fipple flute, flageolet, flounce, fluting, fold, fold over, frill, furrow, gash, gasp, gather, goffer, gouge, groove, growl, grunt, gully, hautboy, heckelphone, hiss, hornpipe, incise, incision, infold, interfold, keen, lap over, licorice stick, lilt, lip, microgroove, mumble, murmur, musette, mutter, oaten reed, oboe, oboe da caccia, ocarina, panpipe, pant, penny-whistle, piccolo, pipe, plait, plat, pleat, plicate, plow, ply, pommer, quill, rabbet, recorder, reed, reed instrument, rifle, rifling, roar, ruck, ruff, ruffle, rumble, rut, sax, saxophone, score, scratch, scream, screech, shawm, shriek, sibilate, sigh, sing, single reed, single-reed instrument, slit, snap, snarl, snort, sob, sonorophone, sound, squall, squawk, squeal, streak, stria, striate, striation, sulcation, sulcus, sweet potato, syrinx, tabor pipe, tenoroon, thunder, tin-whistle, tongue, toot, tootle, trench, triple-tongue, trough, trumpet, tuck, turn over, twang, tweedle, twill, wail, warble, well-worn groove, whine, whisper, whistle, wind, wind the horn, woods, woodwind, woodwind choir, woodwind instrument, wrinkle, yap, yawp, yell, yelp
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Flute a musical instrument, probably composed of a number of pipes, mentioned Dan. 3:5, 7, 10, 15. In Matt. 9:23, 24, notice is taken of players on the flute, here called "minstrels" (but in R.V. "flute-players"). Flutes were in common use among the ancient Egyptians.
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