Greek Meaning of lute

λαούτο

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Definitions and Meaning of lute in English

Wordnet

lute (n)

a substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid

chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard

Webster

lute (n.)

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.

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.

Webster

lute (v. t.)

To close or seal with lute; as, to lute on the cover of a crucible; to lute a joint.

To play on a lute, or as on a lute.

Webster

lute (v. i.)

To sound, as a lute. Piers Plowman. Keats.

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λαούτο

a substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid, chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear

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lutation => Μάχη, lutarious => λασπώδης, lutanist => λαουτίστας, luta => luta, lut desert => Έρημος Λουτ,