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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Fluting \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)