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Pipe :: Pipe (v. t.) To perform, as a tune, by playing on a pipe, flute, fife, etc.; to utter in the shrill tone of a pipe..

Fluted :: Fluted (imp. & p. p.) of Flut.

Fluted :: Fluted (a.) Thin; fine; clear and mellow; flutelike; as, fluted notes..

Flautist :: Flautist (n.) A player on the flute; a flutist.

Flute :: Flute (n.) A stop in an organ, having a flutelike sound..

Flutemouth :: Flutemouth (n.) A fish of the genus Aulostoma, having a much elongated tubular snout..

Flageolet :: Flageolet (n.) A small wooden pipe, having six or more holes, and a mouthpiece inserted at one end. It produces a shrill sound, softer than of the piccolo flute, and is said to have superseded the old recorder..

Piccolo :: Piccolo (n.) A small, shrill flute, the pitch of which is an octave higher than the ordinary flute; an octave flute..

Double-tonguing :: Double-tonguing (n.) A peculiar action of the tongue by flute players in articulating staccato notes; also, the rapid repetition of notes in cornet playing..

Fluter :: Fluter (n.) One who makes grooves or flutings.

Play :: Play (n.) To perform on an instrument of music; as, to play on a flute..

Fraise :: Fraise (n.) A fluted reamer for enlarging holes in stone; a small milling cutter.

Overblow :: Overblow (v. i.) To force so much wind into a pipe that it produces an overtone, or a note higher than the natural note; thus, the upper octaves of a flute are produced by overblowing..

Embouchure :: Embouchure (n.) The shaping of the lips to the mouthpiece; as, a flute player has a good embouchure..

Cracker :: Cracker (n.) A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc.

Goffer :: Goffer (v. t.) To plait, flute, or crimp. See Gauffer..

Oriole :: Oriole (n.) Any one of various species of Old World singing birds of the family Oriolidae. They are usually conspicuously colored with yellow and black. The European or golden oriole (Oriolus galbula, or O. oriolus) has a very musical flutelike note..

Ruff :: Ruff (n.) A muslin or linen collar plaited, crimped, or fluted, worn formerly by both sexes, now only by women and children..

Fluted :: Fluted (a.) Decorated with flutes; channeled; grooved; as, a fluted column; a fluted ruffle; a fluted spectrum..

Flute :: Flute (n.) A similar channel or groove made in wood or other material, esp. in plaited cloth, as in a lady's ruffle..

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