From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fluted \Flut"ed\, a.
1. Thin; fine; clear and mellow; flutelike; as, fluted notes.
--Busby.
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2. Decorated with flutes; channeled; grooved; as, a fluted
column; a fluted ruffle; a fluted spectrum.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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Knaves are men,
That lute and flute fantastic tenderness.
--Tennyson.
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The redwing flutes his o-ka-lee. --Emerson.
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2. To form flutes or channels in, as in a column, a ruffle,
etc.
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