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Definition of Lutestrings
1. lutestring [n] - See also: lutestring
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lutestrings
Literary usage of Lutestrings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer by Richard Burn (1820)
"... or lutestrings, sealed or marked with a counterfeit seal ... or lutestrings
imported contrary to this act, or not sealed and marked as aforesaid, ..."
2. Shakespeare and His Times: Including the Biography of the Poet; Criticism on by Nathan Drake (1817)
"... Ambrose Lupo with another box of lutestrings, and a glass of sweet water;
Petro Lupo, Josepho Lupo, ..."
3. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1857)
"February 1530, to Philip, for lutestrings, &c., £4 7s.; March 1532, ditto, £3 6s.
... December 1543, for lutestrings, 7s. 6d. (Princess Mary. ..."
4. The Chinese Repository by Elijah Coleman Bridgman, S. W. Williams (1849)
"... and also silk and hemp, and now cotton is also taxed; the officers arranged
that the people should yearly send up to the emperor, lutestrings^ ..."
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