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FLUTED
Etymology
Adjective
fluted (comparative more fluted, superlative most fluted)
Having flutes or grooves, either for decoration or to trim weight.
(Ireland, slang) Drunk; intoxicated.
Synonyms
• (having flutes or grooves): grooved
• (drunk): See drunk
Verb
fluted
simple past tense and past participle of flute
Source: Wiktionary
Flut"ed, a.
1. Thin; fine; clear and mellow; flutelike; as, fluted notes. Busby.
2. Decorated with flutes; channeled; grooved; as, a fluted column; a fluted ruffle; a fluted spectrum.
FLUTE
Flute, n. Etym: [OE. floute, floite, fr. OF. flaüte, flahute, flahuste, F. fl; cf. LL. flauta, D. fluit. See Flute, v. i.]
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.)
Definition: 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.
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 Knight.
Flute, n. Etym: [Cf. F. fl a transport, D. fluit.]
Definition: A kindof flyboat; a storeship. Armed en flûte ( (Nav.), partially armed.
Flute, v. i. Etym: [OE. flouten, floiten, OF. flaüter, fleüter, flouster, F. flûter, cf. D. fluiten; ascribed to an assumed LL. flautare, flatuare, fr. L. flatus a blowing, fr. flare to blow. Cf. Flout, Flageolet, Flatulent.]
Definition: To play on, or as on, a flute; to make a flutelike sound.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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