FLUTE
NOUNS
► AIREL an old name for a flute; properly applied to a pipe made from a reed → 1898 Sc. obs. (Bk.)
► AULOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of flutes → 1991 (Bk.)
► TIBICINATION a playing on a pipe → 1658
► TOODLE-LOODLE an imitation of the sound of a bagpipe or flute → 1542
► TOODLE-TOODLE an imitation of the sound of a bagpipe or flute → a1566 obs.
► WAITS wind instruments, either hautboys (oboes), flutes, or shawms (forerunner of the oboe) → 1530 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► TIBICEN a flute-player → 1776 Antiq.
► TIBICINIST a flute-player → 1846
► WAIT a player on the flute, trumpet, etc. → 1510 obs.
VERBS
► TIBICINATE to play on the tibia (an ancient flute) → 1656
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