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[ood]
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noun
  1. a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
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Origin of oud

1730–40; < Arabic ʿūd literally, wood; see lute1
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Historical Examples

  • But I vil get you oud all der same, if I can, vich I don'd know so much apoud, ash der door vas fastened tighter ash a brick.

    Fritz to the Front

    Edward L. Wheeler

  • Babby began to scream o' th' oud fashion, and we took it turn and turn about to sit up and rock it.

    Mary Barton

    Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

  • Coachmen were little squat men, wi' wigs like th' oud fashioned parsons.

    Mary Barton

    Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

  • Thornton's as dour as a door-nail; an obstinate chap, every inch on him,—th' oud bulldog!'

    North and South

    Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

  • An' I ha' called you a tyrant, an' an oud bull-dog, and a hard, cruel master; that's where it stands.

    North and South

    Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

British Dictionary definitions for oud

oud

noun
  1. an Arabic stringed musical instrument resembling a lute or mandolin
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Word Origin

from Arabic al `ūd, literally: the wood. Compare lute 1
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Word Origin and History for oud

n.

"lute or mandolin of Arab lands," 1738, from Arabic 'ud, literally "wood." Also cf. lute.

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