Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fluted"
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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