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flut⋅ed

  [floo-tid]
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–adjective
1. fine, clear, and mellow; flutelike: fluted notes.
2. having flutes, grooves, or the like: a fluted column; fluted material; fluted stone tools.
Origin:
1605–15; flute + -ed 3

flute

  [floot] noun, verb, flut⋅ed, flut⋅ing.
–noun
1. a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder.
2. an organ stop with wide flue pipes, having a flutelike tone.
3. Architecture, Furniture. a channel, groove, or furrow, as on the shaft of a column.
4. any groove or furrow, as in a ruffle of cloth or on a piecrust.
5. one of the helical grooves of a twist drill.
6. a slender, footed wineglass of the 17th century, having a tall, conical bowl.
7. a similar stemmed glass, used esp. for champagne.
–verb (used without object)
8. to produce flutelike sounds.
9. to play on a flute.
10. (of a metal strip or sheet) to kink or break in bending.
–verb (used with object)
11. to utter in flutelike tones.
12. to form longitudinal flutes or furrows in: to flute a piecrust.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME floute < MF flaüte, flahute, fleüte < OPr flaüt (perh. alter. of flaujol, flauja) < VL *flabeolum. See flageolet, lute

Related forms:
flutelike, adjective
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flute   (flōōt)   
n.  
  1. Music
    1. A high-pitched woodwind instrument consisting of a slender tube closed at one end with keys and finger holes on the side and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown. Also called transverse flute.
    2. Any of various similar reedless woodwind instruments, such as the recorder.
    3. An organ stop whose flue pipe produces a flutelike tone.
    4. Architecture A long, usually rounded groove incised as a decorative motif on the shaft of a column, for example.
    5. A similar groove or furrow, as in a pleated ruffle of cloth or on a piece of furniture.
    1. Architecture A long, usually rounded groove incised as a decorative motif on the shaft of a column, for example.
    2. A similar groove or furrow, as in a pleated ruffle of cloth or on a piece of furniture.
  3. A tall narrow wineglass, often used for champagne.
v.   flut·ed, flut·ing, flutes

v.   tr.
  1. Music To play (a tune) on a flute.
  2. To produce in a flutelike tone.
  3. To make flutes in (a column, for example).
v.   intr.
  1. Music To play a flute.
  2. To sing, whistle, or speak with a flutelike tone.

[Middle English floute, from Old French flaute, from Old Provençal flaüt, perhaps a blend of flaujol, flageolet (from Vulgar Latin *flābeolum; see flageolet) and laut, lute; see lute1.]
flut'er n., flut'ey, flut'y adj.
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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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