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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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