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▪ I. luting, vbl. n.1|ˈl(j)uːtɪŋ| [f. lute v.1 + -ing1.] The action of playing on the lute.
a1440Sir Degrev. 38 Off lewtyng,..He bare the pryes aey. 1484Marg. Paston in P. Lett. III. 314 Ther wer non dysgysyngs, ner harpyng, ner lutyng, ner syngyn, ner non lowde dysports. 1589Nashe Anat. of Absurditie Epist. Wks. (Grosart) I. 8 Citterning and Luting. 1880Watson Angelo in Prince's Quest, etc. (1892) 120 My wife, sir, hath a pretty gift Of singing and of luting. ▪ II. luting, vbl. n.2|ˈl(j)uːtɪŋ| [f. lute v.2 + -ing1.] The action of stopping joints or cracks with lute.
1608Bp. Hall Char. Virtues & V., Presumptuous Wks. (1627) 195 He is a confident alchymist... His glasse breakes; yet hee, vpon better luting, laies wagers of the successe. 1676Worlidge Cyder (1691) 52 The head of the stock..covered to defend it from wet by good luteing of it. 1816Kirby & Sp. Entomol. (1828) II. 500 Transfer the bees to a new hive which shall require a new luting. attrib.1789J. Keir Dict. Chem. 97/1 The whole luting apparatus is to be bound with a string. b. concr. The material used for this purpose.
1527Andrew Brunswyke's Distyll. Waters A iij, A lutynge for a glasse that ryveth upon the fyre. 1662Merrett tr. Neri's Art of Glass xxxviii, Bath the joynts and lutings with warm water. 1777Priestley On Air III. Introd. 4 As a luting I have found it most convenient. 1800tr. Lagrange's Chem. I. 30 A luting is employed, called Fat Luting. 1861Gesner Coal, Petrol. etc. (1865) 173 A good fine clay,..is the cheapest luting for retort lids. 1893Lloyd & Hadcock Artillery 219 The door or cover is made watertight with a mixture of beeswax and tallow, termed ‘luting’. ▪ III. luting, ppl. a.1|ˈl(j)uːtɪŋ| [lute v.1 2.] That lutes, or sounds like a lute.
1887G. Meredith Ballads & P. 131 This lady of the luting tongue. ▪ IV. ˈluting, ppl. a.2 In senses of lute v.2
1853Kane Grinnell Exp. xxx. (1856) 261 Your chin has a trick of freezing to your upper jaw by the luting aid of your beard. |