3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flute \Flute\, v. 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 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fluting \Flut"ing\, n.
Decoration by means of flutes or channels; a flute, or flutes
collectively; as the fluting of a column or pilaster; the
fluting of a lady's ruffle.
{Fluting iron}, a laundry iron for fluting ruffles; -- called
also {Italian iron}, or {gaufering iron}. --Knight.
{Fluting lathe}, a machine for forming spiral flutes, as on
balusters, table legs, etc
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
fluting
n : a groove or furrow in cloth etc especially the shallow
concave groove on the shaft of a column [syn: {flute}]
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