Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Flute"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Flute
a musical instrument, probably composed of a number of pipes,
mentioned Dan. 3:5, 7, 10, 15.
In Matt. 9:23, 24, notice is taken of players on the flute,
here called "minstrels" (but in R.V. "flute-players").
Flutes were in common use among the ancient Egyptians.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flute \Flute\ (fl[=u]t), n. [Cf. F. fl[^u]te a transport, D.
fluit.]
A kind of flyboat; a storeship.
{Armed en fl[^u]te}(Nav.), partially armed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flute \Flute\, v. i. [OE. flouten, floiten, OF. fla["u]ter,
fle["u]ter, flouster, F. fl[^u]ter, cf. D. fluiten; ascribed
to an assumed LL. flautare, flatuare, fr. L. flatus a
blowing, fr. flare to blow. Cf. {Flout}, {Flageolet},
{Flatulent}.]
To play on, or as on, a flute; to make a flutelike sound.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flute \Flute\, n. [OE. floute, floite, fr. OF. fla["u]te,
flahute, flahuste, F. fl?te; cf. LL. flauta, D. fluit. See
{Flute}, v. i.]
1. 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.
The breathing flute's soft notes are heard around.
--Pope.
2. (Arch.) A channel of curved section; -- usually applied to
one of a vertical series of such channels used to decorate
columns and pilasters in classical architecture. See
Illust. under {Base}, n.
3. A similar channel or groove made in wood or other
material, esp. in plaited cloth, as in a lady's ruffle.
4. A long French breakfast roll. --Simonds.
5. A stop in an organ, having a flutelike sound.
{Flute bit}, a boring tool for piercing ebony, rosewood, and
other hard woods.
{Flute pipe}, an organ pipe having a sharp lip or wind-cutter
which imparts vibrations to the column of air in the pipe.
--Knight. [1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
flute
n 1: a high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at
one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near
the closed end across which the breath is blown [syn: {transverse
flute}]
2: a tall narrow wineglass [syn: {flute glass}, {champagne
flute}]
3: a groove or furrow in cloth etc especially the shallow
concave groove on the shaft of a column [syn: {fluting}]
v : form flutes in
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