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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lute \Lute\, verb (used with an object) [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lute \Lute\, noun [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'[=u]d; al the + '[=u]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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lute \Lute\, noun [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lute \Lute\, verb (used without an object) To sound, as a lute. --Piers Plowman. --Keats.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lute \Lute\, verb (used with an object) To play on a lute, or as on a lute.
Knaves are men That lute and flute fantastic tenderness. --Tennyson.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
lute
noun
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
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "lute": Dobro guitar, F-hole guitar, Spanish guitar, archlute, balalaika, banjo, banjo-uke, banjo-ukulele, banjo-zither, banjorine, banjuke, bass guitar, centerhole guitar, concert guitar, electric guitar, guitar, mando-bass, mando-cello, mandola, mandolin, mandolute, mandore, oud, pandora, pandura, samisen, sitar, steel guitar, tamboura, theorbo, troubadour fiddle, uke, ukulele
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