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Definition of Nose flute
1. Noun. A flute that is played by blowing through the nostrils (used in some Asian countries).
Definition of Nose flute
1. Noun. a Polynesian musical instrument ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nose Flute
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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