flustridæ, fiustradæ

pl. [Mod. Lat. flustr(a), and Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff.- idœ.] Zool .: A family of Infundibulate Polyzoa, type Flustra (q. v.). flûte (1), *floyt, *floyte, *flowte, s . [O. Fr. flaute, fleute ; Fr. flate , from Low Lat. flauta =a flute, from Lat. flatus =a blowing; flo =to blow; Ital. flauto ; M. H. Ger. floite ; Dut. flu it ; Sw.flöjt ; Dan. flõite ; Ger. flöte , flaute .] IMG:content-1820.png:[blocks in formation] (1) A long vertical groove in the shaft of a column. It is usually circular in section, but, when angular, the shaft is called a canted column. The Doric column has twenty flutes; the Corinthian, Ionic, and composite have each twenty-four flutes; the Tuscan is without them. "According to the compa and station of the column, the flutes may be augmented to thirty and above."Evelyn: Architecture. (2) A hollow, concave chamfer, gutter, groove, or channel; the receding member of a compound molding. IMG:content-1821.png:[blocks in formation] 1872 were at one time made sufficiently large to be called "tenor" and "ba " flutes; and complete four part harmony could be obtained from a set. The larger kinds only exist now as curiosities. "The breathing flute's soft notes are heard around." Alex . Pope . (2) A stop on an organ. They are of two kinds, open and stopped, and are equally common in metal and wood. ( Stainer & Barrett .) flute-bit, s . A wood-boring tool adapted to be used in a brace, and used in boring ebony, rosewood, and other hard woods. flute-like, a. Resembling a flute in tone; clear and mellow. IMG:content-1822.png:[blocks in formation] Music : An organ-pipe having a sharp lip or wind cutter which imparts vibrations to the column of air in the pipe, producing a musical note. [MOUTH PIPE.]