lute
1a stringed musical instrument having a long, fretted neck and a hollow, typically pear-shaped body with a vaulted back.
to play a lute.
to perform (music) on a lute: a musician skilled at luting Elizabethan ballads.
to express (a feeling, mood, etc.) by means of a lute: The minstrel eloquently luted his melancholy.
Origin of lute
1Other definitions for lute (2 of 3)
to seal or cement with luting.
Origin of lute
2Other definitions for lute (3 of 3)
a paving tool for spreading and smoothing concrete, consisting of a straightedge mounted transversely on a long handle.
to spread and smooth (concrete in a pavement) with a lute.
Origin of lute
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How to use lute in a sentence
And at her signal came troops of damsels that stood in rings and luted sweetly on the same theme—the Queen's loneliness, her love.
The Shaving of Shagpat, Complete | George MeredithThe lids or covers are then luted on, and the fire is kindled.
These openings are shut during the distillation by wooden doors faced with iron, and luted with a mortar of clay and lime.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreThis mixture should be carefully fused in a luted Hessian crucible, and be left 30 hours in the fire.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreThe muffle being charged, its mouth is closed with a fire-tile well luted round its edges.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew Ure
British Dictionary definitions for lute (1 of 2)
/ (luːt) /
an ancient plucked stringed instrument, consisting of a long fingerboard with frets and gut strings, and a body shaped like a sliced pear
Origin of lute
1British Dictionary definitions for lute (2 of 2)
/ (luːt) /
Also called: luting a mixture of cement and clay used to seal the joints between pipes, etc
dentistry a thin layer of cement used to fix a crown or inlay in place on a tooth
(tr) to seal (a joint or surface) with lute
Origin of lute
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