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flute

  [floot] noun, verb, flut⋅ed, flut⋅ing.
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–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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Cultural Dictionary

flute

A high-pitched woodwind, held horizontally by the player and played by blowing across a hole.

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Word Origin & History

flute 
c.1384, from O.Fr. flaute, from O.Prov. flaut, of uncertain origin, perhaps imitative or from L. flare "to blow;" perhaps influenced by Prov. laut "lute." The other Gmc. words (cf. Ger. flöte) are likewise borrowings from Fr. Ancient flutes were blown through a mouthpiece, like a recorder; the modern transverse or German flute developed 18c. The modern design and key system of the concert flute were perfected 1834 by Theobald Boehm. The architectural sense of "furrow in a pillar" (1660) is from fancied resemblance to the inside of a flute split down the middle. Meaning "tall, slender wine glass" is from 1649. Flutist (1603), probably from Fr. flûtiste, replaced M.E. flouter and is preferred in U.S. British preference is flautist (q.v.), a Continental reborrowing that returns the original diphthong.
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Bible Dictionary

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.

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