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lute

(lo̵̅o̅t′)

noun

an old stringed instrument related to the guitar, with a body shaped like half a pear and six to thirteen strings stretched along the fretted neck, which is often bent to form a sharp angle

Origin: ME < MFr lut < OFr leüt < Prov läut < Ar alʼūd, lit., the wood

intransitive verb, transitive verb luted, luting

to play (on) a lute

noun

a clayey cement used to keep the joints of pipes from leaking and as a sealing agent generally

Origin: OFr lut < L lutum, mud, clay < IE base *leu-, dirt > Gr lyma, filth, OIr loth, dirt

transitive verb luted, luting

to seal with lute

See lute in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A stringed instrument having a body shaped like a pear sliced lengthwise and a neck with a fretted fingerboard that is usually bent just below the tuning pegs.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French lut

Origin: , from Old Provençal laut

Origin: , from Arabic al-‘ūd

Origin: : al-, the

Origin: + ‘ūd, wood, branch, stem, lute

noun

A substance, such as dried clay or cement, used to pack and seal pipe joints and other connections or coat a porous surface in order to make it tight. Also called luting.

transitive verb lut·ed, lut·ing, lutes

To coat, pack, or seal with lute.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French lut

Origin: , from Latin lutum, potter's clay

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