||Fl˚te` ‡ bec" (?). [F.] (Mus.) A beak flute, an older form of the
||flute, played with a mouthpiece resembling a beak, and held like a
||flageolet.
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.
Flute"mouth` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A fish of the genus Aulostoma, having a
much elongated tubular snout.
Flut"er (?), n. 1. One who plays on the flute; a flutist or flautist.