From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
fluting
n : a groove or furrow in cloth etc especially the shallow
concave groove on the shaft of a column [syn: flute]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fluting \Flut"ing\, n.
Decoration by means of flutes or channels; a flute, or flutes
collectively; as, the fluting of a column or pilaster; the
fluting of a lady's ruffle.
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Fluting iron, a laundry iron for fluting ruffles; -- called
also Italian iron, or gaufering iron. --Knight.
Fluting lathe, a machine for forming spiral flutes, as on
balusters, table legs, etc.
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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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