Defn: To play on, or as on, a flute; to make a flutelike sound.
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.
FLUTE A BEC
Flûte` à bec". Etym: [F.] (Mus.)
Defn: A beak flute, an older form of the flute, played with a mouthpiece resembling a beak, and held like a flageolet.
FLUTED
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.
FLUTEMOUTH
Flute"mouth`, n. (Zoöl.)