Definition of flute

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Flute (v. t.) To form flutes or channels in, as in a column, a ruffle, etc..

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Sweet :: Sweet (superl.) Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet singer..
Cabling :: Cabling (n.) The decoration of a fluted shaft of a column or of a pilaster with reeds, or rounded moldings, which seem to be laid in the hollows of the fluting. These are limited in length to about one third of the height of the shaft..
Flautist :: Flautist (n.) A player on the flute; a flutist.
Overblow :: Overblow (v. i.) To force so much wind into a pipe that it produces an overtone, or a note higher than the natural note; thus, the upper octaves of a flute are produced by overblowing..
Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) To give a finely fluted surface to.
Fraise :: Fraise (n.) A fluted reamer for enlarging holes in stone; a small milling cutter.
Whiffle :: Whiffle (n.) A fife or small flute.
Flutemouth :: Flutemouth (n.) A fish of the genus Aulostoma, having a much elongated tubular snout..
Flute :: Flute (n.) A kind of flyboat; a storeship.
Flute A Bec :: Flute a bec () A beak flute, an older form of the flute, played with a mouthpiece resembling a beak, and held like a flageolet..
Flute :: Flute (v. t.) To play, whistle, or sing with a clear, soft note, like that of a flute..
Cocus Wood :: Cocus wood () A West Indian wood, used for making flutes and other musical instruments..
Fluted :: Fluted (a.) Thin; fine; clear and mellow; flutelike; as, fluted notes..
Fife :: Fife (n.) A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music..
Grenadillo :: Grenadillo (n.) A handsome tropical American wood, much used for making flutes and other wind instruments; -- called also Grenada cocos, or cocus, and red ebony..
Piccolo :: Piccolo (n.) A small, shrill flute, the pitch of which is an octave higher than the ordinary flute; an octave flute..
Pipe :: Pipe (v. i.) To play on a pipe, fife, flute, or other tubular wind instrument of music..
Ventage :: Ventage (n.) A small hole, as the stop in a flute; a vent..
Dithyramb :: Dithyramb (n.) A kind of lyric poetry in honor of Bacchus, usually sung by a band of revelers to a flute accompaniment; hence, in general, a poem written in a wild irregular strain..
Paddlewood :: Paddlewood (n.) The light elastic wood of the Aspidosperma excelsum, a tree of Guiana having a fluted trunk readily split into planks..
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