fluting machine

A machine for corrugating or crimping metals. It has a pair of rollers, each one having projections which enter the interdental spaces of the other. By turning the operating screw, the bent bar, and with it the upper roller, can be adjusted up or down at will to regulate the distance between the two rollers. fluting-plane, s. Joinery: A plane adapted to cut grooves. flût-ist, s. [Eng. flut (e); -ist.) One who plays upon the flute; a flautist. IMG:content-1824.png:[blocks in formation] filŭt-ter-ing, pr. par., a. & 8. [FLUTTER, v.] A. & B. As pr . par . & particip . adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of shaking or moving rapidly; a flapping about; a putting into a state of agitation, anxiety, or excitement. flŭt-ter-Ing-ly, adv. [Eng. fluttering; -ly.] In a fluttering manner. fiût-y, a. [Eng. flut (e) (1); -y.] Resembling a flute in tone; flute-like. flû-vi-al, a . [Fr. fluvial ; Lat. fluvial is , from fluvius =a river.] The same as FLUVIATILE (q. v.). fiû-vi-ā-lēs, s. pl . [M. or f. pl. of Lat. fluvial is = pertaining to a river.] Bot. The name given by Vent in at and Richard to an order of Endogens since merged in Naiadacee (q.v.). The old genus Fluvial is is now made a synonym of Najas. †fiu-vi-al-ist, s. [Lat. fluvial ( is )=pertaining to a river, and Eng., ., suff. -ist .] Geol.: One who in explaining certain phenomena attributes nearly everything to the action of existing rivers.