Definition of Nose flute

1. Noun. A flute that is played by blowing through the nostrils (used in some Asian countries).

Generic synonyms: Flute, Transverse Flute

Definition of Nose flute

1. Noun. a Polynesian musical instrument ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nose Flute

nose-pick
nose-picked
nose-picker
nose-pickers
nose-picking
nose-picks
nose bag
nose bags
nose bleed
nose candy
nose cone
nose count
nose diseases
nose dive
nose drops
nose flute
nose flutes
nose grind
nose guard
nose guards
nose job
nose jobs
nose out
nose out of joint
nose pad
nose pads
nose piece
nose poke
nose poked
nose pokes

Literary usage of Nose flute

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

1. Anthropological Studies by Anne Walbank Buckland (1891)
"... Etruscan, and Greek Pipes and Double Pipes—The Nose-Flute—Chinese Bamboo Flutes—Flutes of Peru and Mexico—Egyptian Reed Pipes with Straws Inserted—Clay ..."

2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1882)
"Out of India proper, the nose-flute is played in Siam, thence it may be followed into Borneo, and across to Fiji, the Society, Friendly, and Hervey groups, ..."

3. Trukese-English Dictionary by Ward Hunt Goodenough, Hiroshi Sugita (1980)
"run a finger under expression of contempt or dislike the nose of (someone). nose flute ... nose flute ("softener"). ... reed nose flute. nosed ..."

4. Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat, Charles Otto Blagden (1906)
"The flutes used by the Semang of Kedah are of two kinds, the common bamboo mouth-flute and the nose-flute. Both are occasionally though rarely used to ..."

5. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society by Straits Branch (1904)
"the nose flute or than any of the flageolets and this probably accounts for ... Fig 2 Plate VIII is a representation of the proximal end of a nose-flute. ..."

6. Summer Cruising in the South Seas by Charles Warren Stoddard (1881)
"... I only remember, and will record, that Fefe regarded the nose- flute as a triumph of art, and considered himself no novice in musical science, ..."

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