Flute

flōōt, n. a musical pipe with finger-holes and keys sounded by blowing: in organ-building, a stop with stopped wooden pipes, having a flute-like tone: one of a series of curved furrows, as on a pillar, called also Fluting : a tall and narrow wine-gla : a shuttle in tapestry-weaving, .— v.i. to play the flute.— v.t. to play or sing in soft flute-like tones: to form flutes or grooves in.— adj. Flut′ed , ornamented with flutes, channels, or grooves.— ns. Flut′er ; Fluti′na (tē′-), a kind of accordion; Flut′ing-machine′ , a machine for corrugating sheet-metal, also a wood-turning machine for forming twisted, spiral, and fluted balusters; Flut′ist .— adj. Flut′y , in tone like a flute. [O. Fr. fleüte ; ety. dub.]