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Flutist :: Flutist (n.) A performer on the flute; a flautist.

Play :: Play (n.) To perform on an instrument of music; as, to play on a flute..

Fluted :: Fluted (a.) Decorated with flutes; channeled; grooved; as, a fluted column; a fluted ruffle; a fluted spectrum..

Auletic :: Auletic (a.) Of or pertaining to a pipe (flute) or piper.

Double-tonguing :: Double-tonguing (n.) A peculiar action of the tongue by flute players in articulating staccato notes; also, the rapid repetition of notes in cornet playing..

Paddlewood :: Paddlewood (n.) The light elastic wood of the Aspidosperma excelsum, a tree of Guiana having a fluted trunk readily split into planks..

Flutemouth :: Flutemouth (n.) A fish of the genus Aulostoma, having a much elongated tubular snout..

Ruff :: Ruff (n.) A muslin or linen collar plaited, crimped, or fluted, worn formerly by both sexes, now only by women and children..

Hob :: Hob (n.) A threaded and fluted hardened steel cutter, resembling a tap, used in a lathe for forming the teeth of screw chasers, worm wheels, etc..

Chanter :: Chanter (n.) The flute or finger pipe in a bagpipe. See Bagpipe.

Play :: Play (v. t.) To perform music upon; as, to play the flute or the organ..

Nehiloth :: Nehiloth (n. pl.) A term supposed to mean, perforated wind instruments of music, as pipes or flutes..

Flute :: Flute (n.) A kind of flyboat; a storeship.

Flute :: Flute (v. i.) 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, n..

Flageolet :: Flageolet (n.) A small wooden pipe, having six or more holes, and a mouthpiece inserted at one end. It produces a shrill sound, softer than of the piccolo flute, and is said to have superseded the old recorder..

Piccolo :: Piccolo (n.) A small, shrill flute, the pitch of which is an octave higher than the ordinary flute; an octave flute..

Hemibranchi :: Hemibranchi (n. pl.) An order of fishes having an incomplete or reduced branchial apparatus. It includes the sticklebacks, the flutemouths, and Fistularia..

Tongue :: Tongue (v. i.) To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments..

Flute :: Flute (v. i.) 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..

Flute :: Flute (n.) A similar channel or groove made in wood or other material, esp. in plaited cloth, as in a lady's ruffle..

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