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lute
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[l(j)uːt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a plucked stringed instrument with a long neck bearing frets and a rounded body with a flat front, rather like a halved egg in shape
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Origin
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Middle English: from Old French lut, leut, probably via Provençal from Arabic al-‘ūd
[l(j)uːt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- liquid clay or cement used to seal a joint, coat a crucible, or protect a graft
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Origin
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late Middle English: from Old French lut or medieval Latin lutum, a special use of Latin lutum ‘potter's clay’
[l(j)uːt], (Verb)
Definitions:
- seal, join, or coat with lute
(e.g: they were luted with a heavy coating of calcined chalk and eggshells)
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late Middle English: from Old French lut or medieval Latin lutum, a special use of Latin lutum ‘potter's clay’
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