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.
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.
Flut"ist (?), n. [Cf. F. fl˚tiste.] A performer on the flute; a
flautist. Busby.
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2. To move with quick vibrations or undulations; as, a sail flutters in
the wind; a fluttering fan.
3. To move about briskly, irregularly, or with great bustle and show,
without much result.
No rag, no scrap, of all the beau, or wit, That once so fluttered,
and that once so writ.
Pope.
4. To be in agitation; to move irregularly; to flucttuate; to be
uncertainty.
Long we fluttered on the wings of doubtful success.
Howell.
His thoughts are very fluttering and wandering.