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lute



Pronunciation: (lOOt), [key]
—n., v., lut•ed, lut•ing.

—n.
a stringed musical instrument having a long, fretted neck and a hollow, typically pear-shaped body with a vaulted back.

—v.i.
to play a lute.

—v.t.
1. to perform (music) on a lute: a musician skilled at luting Elizabethan ballads.
2. to express (a feeling, mood, etc.) by means of a lute: The minstrel eloquently luted his melancholy.

lute



Pronunciation: (lOOt), [key]
—n., v., lut•ed, lut•ing.

—n.
luting.

—v.t.
to seal or cement with luting.

lute



Pronunciation: (lOOt), [key]
—n., v., lut•ed, lut•ing.

—n.
a paving tool for spreading and smoothing concrete, consisting of a straightedge mounted transversely on a long handle.

—v.t.
to spread and smooth (concrete in a pavement) with a lute.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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