| 单词 | lute of wisdom |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslute of wisdom 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). ΘΚΠ 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. lute of wisdom c. In renderings of medieval Latin names of substances prepared or used by the alchemists, as lute of wisdom (see lute n.2 1), salt of wisdom = alembroth n.Cf. philosopher n. Phrases 1, philosophical adj. and n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical substances > salts > [noun] > salts named by atomic number > haloids > chlorides or chlorates > of mercury and ammonium sal alembrothc1330 alembroth1652 salt of wisdom1800 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. 1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health i. f. 37 The Lute of wysedome, which resisteth the fire marueylously. 1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange Man. Course Chem. II. 23 Alembroth, Salt of the Art, Salt of Wisdom. < as lemmas |
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