| Lute (lute) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Lute |
| [L. lutum mud,
clay: cf. OF. lut.] |
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.
A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit
jars, etc.
A straight-edged
piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from mold.
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To close or seal with lute] as, to lute
on the cover of a crucible; to lute a joint.
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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.
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To play on a lute, or
as on a lute.
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