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Vinony

lute

noun

  1. musical string instrument
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /l(j)uːt/ / /lut/ / /lɪu̯t/

name

Etymology: * English surname of Old Norse origin, from lútr (“stooping”). * German surname, derived from an old Germanic name from *liudi (“people, tribe”).

  1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Old French lut, ultimately from Latin lutum (“mud”).

  1. Thick sticky clay or cement used to close up a hole or gap, especially to make something air-tight.

    “He employed a mixture of flour and white of egg spread upon a linen cloth to cement cracked glass vessels, and used other lutes for similar purposes.”

  2. A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc.
  3. A straight-edged piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from earth.

verb

Etymology: From Old French lut, ultimately from Latin lutum (“mud”).

  1. To fix or fasten something with lute.

    “To protect everything till it dried, a man […] luted a big blue paper cap from a cracker, with meringue-cream, low down on Jevon's forehead.”