play a lute; seal holes with putty; smooth with a trowel
stringed instrument with a pear-shaped body and a long fretted neck; sealing compound; tool for spreading and smoothing concrete
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Lute Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To play on a lute, or as on a lute.
To play on a lute, or as on a lute.
(v. t.)
To close or seal with lute; as, to lute on the cover of a crucible; to lute a joint.
To close or seal with lute; as, to lute on the cover of a crucible; to lute a joint.
(v. i.)
To sound, as a lute. Piers Plowman. Keats.
To sound, as a lute. Piers Plowman. Keats.
(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.
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.
(n.)
A straight-edged piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from mold.
A straight-edged piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from mold.
(n.)
A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc.
A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc.
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA 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.
lute
\lute\, v. i. to sound, as a lute. piers plowman. keats.
lute
\lute\, v. t. to play on a lute, or as on a lute. knaves are men that lute and flute fantastic tenderness.
lute
\lute\ (?), n. [l. lutum mud, clay: cf. of. lut.]
1. (chem.) 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. (brick making) a straight-edged piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from mold.
lute
\lute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. luted; p. pr. & vb. n. luting.] to close or seal with lute; as, to lute on the cover of a crucible; to lute a joint.
lute
\lute\, n. [of. leut, f. luth; skin to pr. la?t, it. li?to, le?to, sp. la?d, 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.] (mus.) 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.
lute
n
1. a substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid [syn: luting]
2. chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard
similar words(2)
fat lute
lute-backed
Noun
1. a substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid
(synonym) luting
(hypernym) sealing material
2. chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard
(hypernym) chordophone
(part-meronym) fingerboard
Lute Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
To dream of playing on one, is auspicious of joyful news from absent friends.
Pleasant occupations follow the dreaming of hearing the music of a lute.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see: Guttenberg ProjectPleasant occupations follow the dreaming of hearing the music of a lute.
string musical instrument, shaped like half a pear and similar to a guitar, with six to thirteen strings
Lute Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Lute can refer generally to any plucked string instrument with a neck (either fretted or unfretted) and a deep round back, or more specifically to an instrument from the family of European lutes.
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Lute Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
class of instruments related to the violin and guitar; do not necessarily have to have a 'body'; plucked or bowed; many types, usually with a bowl back. Originated from the Arabic Ud (Al Ud = A Lute).
