luten.1
/l(j)uːt/, U.S. /lut/ a. A stringed musical instrument, much in vogue from the 14th to the 17th centuries, the strings of which are struck with the fingers of the right hand and stopped on the frets with those of the left.
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lute1361
1361–2 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 127 In uno viro ludenti in uno loyt.
c1386 G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale 268 For sorwe of which he brak his minstralcye, Bothe harpe, and lute, and giterne, and sautrye.
c1410 Sir Cleges 101 He hard a sovne.. Of harpis, luttis, and getarnys.
1481–90 Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 218 Item, to the menstrellis for the mendynge of a lewte ij.s. iiij.d.
?1527 J. Skelton Agaynste Comely Coystrowne He lumbryth on a lewde lewte roty bully Joy. Rumbyll downe tumbyll downe hey go now now.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xxxiii. 2 Synge psalmes vnto him with the lute and instrument of ten strynges.
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 86 God defend the lute should be like the case. View more context for this quotation
1663 A. Cowley Ess. in Verse & Prose (1669) iv. 117 When Orpheus strook th' inspired Lute, The trees danc'd round.
1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 18 Apr. (1965) I. 351 4 of them immediately begun to play some soft airs on Instruments between a Lute and a Guitarr.
1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music III. 143 The Lute, of which hardly the sound or shape is known at present, was, during the two last centuries, the favourite chamber-instrument of every nation in Europe.
1879 J. Stainer Music of Bible 22 A guitar and lute only vary with regard to the shape or length of the body and neck.
b. The name of a stop in some forms of the harpsichord (see quot. 1885).
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1879 A. J. Hipkins in Grove's Dict. Music I. 691/1 The so-called ‘lute’-stop.
1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 70/2 To the three shifting registers of jacks of the octave and first and second unisons were added the ‘lute’, the charm of which was due to the favouring of high harmonics by plucking the strings close to the bridge, and the ‘harp’, a surding or muting effect [etc.].
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C1. General attributive.
a.
lute-case n.
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1582 R. Stanyhurst in tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis 97 This slut..with an head lyke a lutecase.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V iii. ii. 44 Bardolfe stole a Lute case, carryed it three mile, And sold it for three hapence.
lute-lesson n.
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1610 R. Dowland (title) Varietie of lvte-lessons.
lute-maker n.
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pipe-makerc1450
horner1530
lute-maker1574
pianoforte maker1783
caseworker1860
lutist1863
luthier1879
pinner1896
1574 J. Baret Aluearie L 672 A lutemaker, testudinarius.
1610 J. Dowland Treat. in R. Dowland Varietie of Lute-lessons sig. D2 Hans Gerle Lutenist, Citizen and Lute-maker of Nurenburge.
lute-master n.
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1666 S. Pepys Diary 12 Feb. (1972) VII. 40 Then comes Mr. Cæsar, my boy's lute-master.
1703 London Gaz. No. 3921/4 Mr. Dupre, Lute-Master, has set up a School at the White-Periwig in King-street.
lute-player n.
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luter1474
lute-player1587
lutenist1600
lutener1626
lutist1627
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. vii. 104 He doth fondly incorporate the Spirit of the Luteplayer in the Lute.
lute-playing n.
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1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xiv. 253 He cannot put his Luteplaying in exercise.
lute-tune n.
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a1527 W. Peeris Prov. in Anglia (1892) 14 478 He that is a perfyte musicion perceyvithe the lute tewnes and the goode proporcion.
b.
lute-resounding adj.
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a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 68 With lut schulderis and luttard bak.
1742 A. Pope New Dunciad 298 Love-whisp'ring woods, and Lute-resounding waves.
lute-voiced adj.
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1818 J. Keats Endymion iv. 196 Thy lute-voic'd brother will I sing ere long.
c.
lute-fashion adj.
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1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 14 His..Lyra Viol (which he used to touch, Lute fashion, upon his Knees).
1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country i. 18 [Fiddles] sawn bow-hand-wise, Or touched lute-fashion and fore-finger-plucked?
C2. Also lute-string n.1 † lute shoulders n. Obsolete (cf. lute-backed adj.) round shoulders.
lute-backed adj. having a back shaped like a lute.
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straight-backed14..
lute-backed1601
hog-backed1611
broad-backed1651
pig-backed1716
humpbacked1762
mackerel-backed1785
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 354 Those who are Lute backed, thicke shouldered, and bending forward,..bee long liued.
lute-fingered adj. having fingers adapted to the lute.
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1820 J. Keats Lamia i, in Lamia & Other Poems 7 The soft, lute-finger'd Muses.
lute-pin n. one of the pegs or screws for tuning the strings of the lute.
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lute-string1530
lute-pin1596
gripe1610
1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. F4 Otherwise he looks like a case of tooth-pikes, or a Lute pin put in a sute of apparell.
1612 S. Rowlands Knaue of Harts 10 My Breeches like a paire of Lute-pins be, Scarse Buttocke-roome, as euery man may see.
lute-way adv. in the way in which the lute is played (cf. lyra-way adv. at lyra n. Compounds 2).
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lute-way1607
lyra-way1607
1607 T. Tomkis Lingua i. ix Auditus, shall we here thee play, the Lyero-way, or the Lute-way, shall we?
1611 J. Maynard (title) XII Wonders of the World... With some Lessons to play Lyra-wayes alone, or..with another Violl set Lute-way.
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lute harpsichord n. = lautenclavicymbel n.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [noun] > harpsichord
clavicymbal1492
claricymbal1502
harpsichord1611
harpsical?1624
harpsicon1633
clavicembalo1740
lyrichord1741
cembalo1786
clavecin1813
clavicytherium1813
clavicithern1855
gravicembalo1858
lautenclavicymbel1884
lute harpsichord1884
1884 C. Bell & J. A. Fuller-Maitland tr. P. Spitta J. S. Bach II. iv. ii. 46 In the year 1740 (or thereabout) he devised a ‘Lauten-clavicymbel’ (Lute-harpsichord).
1959 Collins Mus. Encycl. 382/1 Lautenclavicymbel, lute-harpsichord..harpsichord with gut strings instead of metal strings. The instrument existed in the sixteenth century, and Bach had one made in 1740.
1989 E. M. Ripin et al. Early Keyboard Instruments iv. vii. 188 German makers in the first half of the 18th century seem to have been those most interested in the potentials of the lute-harpsichord and a number of different types were produced.
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luten.2
/l(j)uːt/, U.S. /lut/ 1. Tenacious clay or cement composed of various ingredients, and used to stop an orifice, to render air-tight a joint between two pipes, to coat a retort, etc., and to protect a graft. Also with a and plural a particular kind of this substance. †lute of wisdom [= medieval Latin lutum sapientae] , a composition for hermetical sealing, variously described by alchemists. fat lute (see quot. 1836-41).
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the world > matter > alchemy > equipment > [noun]
jordanc1386
lute of wisdomc1400
athanor1471
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > cement or mortar > [noun] > for stopping joints or cracks
lutec1400
luting1527
lutation1617
grout1638
lutum1719
fire lute1758
mortar-liquid1776
grouting1793
the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > [noun] > that which closes an aperture > material or composition used for > lute
lutec1400
luting1527
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 195 Þe mouþ of þis pott schal be ioyned to þe mouþ of þe pott þat is in þe erþe with good lute, þat þere mowe noon eir out þerof.
a1475 Bk. Quinte Essence (1889) 4 Ȝe schulen opene þe hoole of þe vessel in þe heed þat was selid with þe seel of lute of wijsdom, maad of þe sotillest flour, and of white of eyren, and of moist papere, ymeyngid so þat no þing respire out.
1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 57/1 Put it in a glass, agglutinate the same, with a lute made for that purpose.
1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke iii. 193 The ordinary lutes wherewith to stop vessels of glasse against faint vapours are these.
1660 R. Sharrock Hist. Propagation & Improvem. Veg. 68 Lute is made with horse-dung and stiff clay well mix'd together.
1662 R. Mathews Unlearned Alchymist (new ed.) §89. 151 Take a good Retort of Glass, and put on it a good coat of strong Lute made of Blood, Lome, Hair, and sharp Sand.
1767 H. Cavendish in Philos. Trans. 1766 (Royal Soc.) 56 153 A glass tube fitted into its mouth, and secured with lute.
1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 789 Lutes are compositions which are employed to defend glass and other vessels from the action of fire [etc.].
1836–41 W. T. Brande Man. Chem. (ed. 5) 1037 Fat lute, composed of pipe-clay and drying oil, well beaten to a stiff mass.
1868 F. H. Joynson Metals in Constr. 114 Make the box tight with a lute of sand and clay, in equal parts.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > mud > [noun]
laira1340
fanc1340
mudc1400
slutchc1400
slikec1425
slipc1440
slobber1440
sorec1440
slot?a1500
glar?a1513
slubber1570
slab1622
lute1694
lutulence1727
sletch1743
sleek1774
slakec1800
1694 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) V. 231 Lute, Unds, and Sands did long our March oppose.
1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. 143 Roundish granules of a pale lute colour.
3. ‘A packing-ring of india-rubber placed between the lid and the lip of a jar, to prevent the access of air to the contents’ (E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech.).
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luten.3
/l(j)uːt/, U.S. /lut/ U.S. Brickmaking.
(See quot. 1889.)
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1875 in E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II.
1889 C. T. Davis Pract. Treat. Manuf. Bricks (ed. 2) 142 There is a tool used for scraping off and levelling the moulding floor... It consists of a piece of light pine board,..set upright, with a long light handle in the centre. At the bottom is tacked a thin piece of steel, generally an old wood-saw blade, with the teeth turned upward... The tool is called a ‘lute’.
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† luten.4
Obsolete.
= lutestring n.2 a.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [noun] > types of > with glossy or shiny surface
lutestring1661
lute1676
lustréea1684
lustring1697
lustrine1851
charmeuse1907
ciré1921
charmante1922
1676 London Gaz. No. 1099/4 Sarcenets, Alamodes, and Lutes.
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lutev.1
/l(j)uːt/, U.S. /lut/ Now rare.
a. intransitive. To play on the lute.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing stringed instrument > play stringed instrument [verb (intransitive)] > play lute
lutea1477
a1477 Bk. of Curtesye (Oriel 79(2)) (1882) 304 To harpe and lute, or lustely to syng.
1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xvi. 64 I may not lute, or yet daunce or synge!
1549–62 T. Sternhold & J. Hopkins Whole Bk. Psalms lxxi. 23 Therefore thy faythfulnesse to prayse, I will both Lute and sing.
c1580 tr. Bugbears i. iii, in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1897) 98 313 He lutethe, he harpethe, and singethe all the day.
b. quasi-transitive with cognate object or quoted words: To express by means of the lute.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing stringed instrument > play stringed instrument [verb (transitive)] > express (feelings, etc.) by lute
lute1377
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xviii. 423 Thanne luted Loue in a loude note, Ecce quam bonum et quam iocundum, etc.
1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iv. 71 Knaves are men, That lute and flute fantastic tenderness.
c. intransitive. To sound like a lute.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [verb (intransitive)] > sound pleasantly
lute1820
1820 J. Keats Lamia i, in Lamia & Other Poems 13 Her new voice luting soft, Cried, ‘Lycius!’
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lutev.2
/l(j)uːt/, U.S. /lut/ 1. transitive. To coat with lute, esp. to cover (a crucible, etc.) with lute as a protection against fire; to close or stop with or as with lute (an orifice or joint); to stop with lute the cracks or joints of (a vessel). Also with about, up.
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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close an aperture or orifice > in other specific ways
wax1377
gypsec1420
lute1495
wall1503
to brick up1606
butter1808
to brick off1836
to board up1885
society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > clad or cover [verb (transitive)] > clad or cover with other materials
pitcheOE
lute1495
loam1600
bitume1609
wainscota1631
mud1632
putty1719
compo1809
belute1837
smear1839
puddle1844
plash1864
canvas1865
cement1886
TP1962
toilet-paper1964
1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xix. xxxi. sig. II.iiijv/2 Sandaracha..is somtyme made of Ocra, brente Rede in newe crockes wel stoppyd & lutyd wyth newe claye.
1562 W. Bullein Dial. Sorenes f. 25v, in Bulwarke of Defence Then ye shall lute the gappe, or mouthe of the vaines..with this medicen.
1594 H. Plat Diuers Chimicall Concl. Distillation 4 in Jewell House Before they distill, luting the Limbeck.
1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 67/1 Put this..in a nue pot, and lute the same verye close.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 520 The better way is to lute it well, and close with clay.
1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia ii. 33 Their small boats, made of the barkes of trees, sowed with barke and well luted with gumme.
1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman ii. xxi. 349 Make a Cake of Clay, and therewith lute up the Pot.
1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 135 They make their nests of a longish hemispherical figure, of little twigs, and then lute them.
1662 T. Hobbes Mr Hobbes Considered 52 I admire them, when I see them lute an Alembick handsomely.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 86/1 To Lute about the Oven stock with Clay..to keep the heat in.
1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. 59 Having luted the junctures..let the fire be gradually administered.
1763–6 W. Lewis Commercium Philosophico-technicum 7 There is no occasion for the hoop being luted.
1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters vii. 65 Producing gas by means of a tobacco pipe luted with clay.
1858 T. J. Hogg Life Shelley II. 424 Luting his retorts with pipe clay.
1893 Chambers's Jrnl. 29 July 479/1 These he places in an earthen vessel, which he lutes with moist earth.
2. To fasten or fix with or as with lute; also with about, down, in, on, together, up; occasionally with complement. Const. †against, into, to, unto. Said also of the luting material.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with other materials > work with other materials [verb (transitive)] > fix or fasten with adhesive
glue13..
lute1489
paste1561
gum1592
starch1602
solution1891
seccotine1903
Scotch-tape1947
tape1956
sellotape1960
epoxy1974
1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. xiv. 118 And luted theym wyth dong and stones ayenst the walles.
1563 T. Gale Certaine Wks. Chirurg. iv. ii. f. 87v Put them..in to a still of glasse, and put his heade on it, & lute them well together.
1651 J. French Art Distillation i. 40 Lute it well thereunto.
1666 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities 422 Then pour out the Mixture into a tall Glass Cucurbite, to which lute on a Head and a Receiver.
1668 R. L'Estrange tr. F. G. de Quevedo y Villegas Visions (1708) 48 A large Glass-Bottle, wherein was Luted up..a famous Necromancer.
1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Distillation of Oil Cover the Vessel, and adapt its Helm to it; lute 'em very well together with the Whites of Eggs and Flower.
1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 87 Place the mixture in a Crucible..to which a cover should be luted.
1819 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 21 387 M. de Thury..opened the masonry of these wells, and luted into the opening the upper half of a broken bottle.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 212/2 After charging them with the crude ore, the lids were luted down.
1881 P. G. Tait in Nature 8 Dec. 128/1 In the neck of the steel cylinder..there was luted a vertical glass tube.
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