Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

            Knaves are men, That lute and flute fantastic
            tenderness.                           --Tennyson.

            The redwing flutes his o-ka-lee.      --Emerson.

   2. To form flutes or channels in, as in a column, a ruffle,
      etc.

Fluted \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.