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Definition of Lute

1. Noun. A substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid.

2. Noun. Chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard.

Definition of Lute

1. n. A cement of clay or other tenacious infusible substance for sealing joints in apparatus, or the mouths of vessels or tubes, or for coating the bodies of retorts, etc., when exposed to heat; -- called also luting.

2. v. t. To close or seal with lute; as, to lute on the cover of a crucible; to lute a joint.

3. n. A stringed instrument formerly much in use. It consists of four parts, namely, the table or front, the body, having nine or ten ribs or "sides," arranged like the divisions of a melon, the neck, which has nine or ten frets or divisions, and the head, or cross, in which the screws for tuning are inserted. The strings are struck with the right hand, and with the left the stops are pressed.

4. v. i. To sound, as a lute.

5. v. t. To play on a lute, or as on a lute.

Definition of Lute

1. Noun. A fretted stringed instrument, similar to a guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox. ¹

2. Verb. To play on a lute, or as if on a lute. ¹

3. Noun. Thick sticky clay or cement used to close up a hole or gap, especially to make something air-tight. ¹

4. Verb. To fix or fasten something with lute. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lute

1. to play a lute (a stringed musical instrument) [v LUTED, LUTING, LUTES]

Medical Definition of Lute

1. A stringed instrument formerly much in use. It consists of four parts, namely, the table or front, the body, having nine or ten ribs or "sides," arranged like the divisions of a melon, the neck, which has nine or ten frets or divisions, and the head, or cross, in which the screws for tuning are inserted. The strings are struck with the right hand, and with the left the stops are pressed. Origin: OF. Leut, F. Luth; skin to Pr. Laot, It. Lioto, leoto, Sp. Laod, Pg. Alaude; all fr. Ar. Al'd; al the + 'd wood, timber, trunk or branch of a tree, staff, stick, wood of aloes, lute or harp. 1. A cement of clay or other tenacious infusible substance for sealing joints in apparatus, or the mouths of vessels or tubes, or for coating the bodies of retorts, etc, when exposed to heat; called also luting. 2. A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc. 3. A straight-edged piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from mold. Origin: L. Lutum mud, clay: cf. OF. Lut. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lute

lustrousnesses lustrum lustrums lusts lustwort lusty lusus lusus naturae lusus naturæ lususes

lutanist lutanists lutarious lutation lutations lute (current term) lute-backed lutea luteal luteal cell

luteal phase defect luteal phase deficiency luteal phases lutecia lutecian lutecium luteciums luted lutefisk

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