† unlutev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To remove lute (lute n.2 1) from (a vessel, apparatus, etc.).
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] > open by freeing of obstruction > by removal of lute
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1655 Natura Exenterata 382 The stinking part..wil come off first, which you must set by, and unlute the head.
1699 tr. H. de Blancourt Art of Glass lv. 107 Then unlute your Receiver, and pour the Liquor into an Alembick.
1758 A. Reid tr. P. J. Macquer Elements Theory & Pract. Chym. I. i. 226 Let the vessels cool, unlute them.
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 10 The adopter tube is then unluted, and is slid into its junction pipe.
1888 W. H. Pulsifer Notes Hist. Lead xv. 302 When unluting the apparatus, the receiver, which has been fitted to the head, will be found to contain a sweet styptic liquor.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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