FLUTES

A woodwind instrument consisting of a tube with a row of holes that produce sound through vibrations caused by air blown across the edge of the holes, often tuned by plugging one or more holes with a finger; the Western concert flute, a transverse side-blown flute of European origin.

A recorder, also a woodwind instrument.

A glass with a long, narrow bowl and a long stem, used for drinking wine, especially champagne.

To play on a flute.

To make a flutelike sound.

To utter with a flutelike sound.

A kind of flyboat; a storeship.