6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lute  \Lute\,  v.  i. 
  To  sound,  as  a  lute.  Piers  Plowman.  Keats. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lute  \Lute\,  v.  t. 
  To  play  on  a  lute,  or  as  on  a  lute. 
 
  Knaves  are  men  That  lute  and  flute  fantastic 
  tenderness.  --Tennyson. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lute  \Lute\,  n.  [OF.  leut,  F.  luth;  skin  to  Pr  la['u]t,  It 
  li['u]to,  le['u]to,  Sp  la['u]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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  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:  a  plucked  instrument  having  a  pear-shaped  body,  a  usually 
  bent  neck,  and  a  fretted  fingerboard 

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