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Definition of Fluted

1. a. Thin; fine; clear and mellow; flutelike; as, fluted notes.

Definition of Fluted

1. Adjective. Decorated with flutes; grooved ¹

2. Adjective. (Ireland) (slang) drunk, intoxicated. ¹

3. Verb. (past of flute) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fluted

1. flute [v] - See also: flute

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fluted

Literary usage of Fluted

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"tion represented skirt protectora made with plaited or fluted bands. ... 594] " A is the plaited or fluted band, which is water proof or bound with ..."

2. A Treatise on pharmacy: Designed as a Text-book for the Student, and as a by Edward Parrish (1874)
"Of the fluted vials, the long (Fig. 75) are the most convenient for ordinary ... 76 represents a short fluted vial of the same size, and having a wide mouth ..."

3. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1859)
"Struthers & Co., on their appeal from your assessment of duty on an article described as "fluted plate glass,''ut the rate of 24 per cent, ..."

4. Report by New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station Botanical Dept (1908)
""Jug" type prevails, many fluted, smooth, cream to yellow. 1908. ... Uniform lot of long orange, fluted. 1908. All similar to parent in shape, Selection. ..."

5. The Connoisseur by George Colman, B. Thornton (1903)
"They are shaped as fluted Doric columns (the earliest pattern extant) and have ... It has eight depressions with heads between them, and is fluted and ..."

6. Wonders of Glass-making in All Ages by Alexandre Sauzay (1875)
"fluted WINDOW GLASS. The composition and manufacture of fluted window glass are exactly the same as for ordinary glass. The only difference is that the ..."

7. Lombard Architecture by Arthur Kingsley Porter (1917)
"Conspicuous among these are the twisted and spiral- fluted columns frequently ... It was undoubtedly in this way that spiral-fluted columns were introduced ..."

8. American Machinists' Handbook and Dictionary of Shop Terms: A Reference Book by Fred Herbert Colvin, Frank Arthur Stanley (1914)
"MEASURING THREE-fluted TOOLS WITH THE MICROMETER THE sketch, Fig. 8 on page 319, shows a V-block or gage for measuring three-fluted drills, counterbores, ..."

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