Definition of flute

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Flute (v. i.) To play on, or as on, a flute; to make a flutelike sound..

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Pyrrhic :: Pyrrhic (n.) An ancient Greek martial dance, to the accompaniment of the flute, its time being very quick..
Frill :: Frill (v. i.) A border or edging secured at one edge and left free at the other, usually fluted or crimped like a very narrow flounce..
Fluted :: Fluted (a.) Decorated with flutes; channeled; grooved; as, a fluted column; a fluted ruffle; a fluted spectrum..
Cocus Wood :: Cocus wood () A West Indian wood, used for making flutes and other musical instruments..
Embouchure :: Embouchure (n.) The shaping of the lips to the mouthpiece; as, a flute player has a good embouchure..
Fluty :: Fluty (a.) Soft and clear in tone, like a flute..
Fluter :: Fluter (n.) One who makes grooves or flutings.
Flute :: Flute (v. i.) A musical wind instrument, consisting of a hollow cylinder or pipe, with holes along its length, stopped by the fingers or by keys which are opened by the fingers. The modern flute is closed at the upper end, and blown with the mouth at a lateral hole..
Tibial :: Tibial (a.) Of or pertaining to a pipe or flute.
Channel :: Channel (n.) A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column..
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 It produces a shrill sound, softer than of the piccolo flute, and is said to have superseded the old recorder..
Flautist :: Flautist (n.) A player on the flute; a flutist.
Hemibranchi :: Hemibranchi (n. pl.) An order of fishes having an incomplete or reduced branchial apparatus. It includes the sticklebacks, the flutemouths, and Fistularia..
Tongue :: Tongue (v. i.) To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments..
Floyte :: Floyte (n. & v.) A variant of Flute.
Quality :: Quality (n.) That which makes, or helps to make, anything such as it is; anything belonging to a subject, or predicable of it; distinguishing property, characteristic, or attribute; peculiar power, capacity, or virtue; distinctive trait; as, the tones of a flute differ from those of a violin in quality; the great quality of a statesman..
Striated :: Stria (n.) A fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters, or the like..
Sweet :: Sweet (superl.) Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet singer..
Bassoon :: Bassoon (n.) A wind instrument of the double reed kind, furnished with holes, which are stopped by the fingers, and by keys, as in flutes. It forms the natural bass to the oboe, clarinet, etc..
Ruff :: Ruff (n.) A muslin or linen collar plaited, crimped, or fluted, worn formerly by both sexes, now only by women and children..
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