LUTE
Lute, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Luted; p. pr. & vb. n. Luting.]
Defn: To close or seal with lute; as, to lute on the cover of a crucible; to lute a joint.
LUTE Lute, n. Etym: [OF. leut, F. luth; skin to Pr. laút, It. liúto, leúto, Sp. laúd, Pg. alaude; all fr. Ar. al'; al the + ' wood, timber, trunk or branch of a tree, staff, stick, wood of aloes, lute or harp.] (Mus.)
Defn: A stringed instrument formerly much in use. It consists of four parts, namely, the table or front, the body, having nine or ten ribs or "sides," arranged like the divisions of a melon, the neck, which has nine or ten frets or divisions, and the head, or cross, in which the screws for tuning are inserted. The strings are struck with the right hand, and with the left the stops are pressed.
LUTE
Lute, v. i.
Defn: To sound, as a lute. Piers Plowman. Keats.
LUTE
Lute, v. t.
Defn: To play on a lute, or as on a lute.
Knaves are men That lute and flute fantastic tenderness. Tennyson.
LUTE-BACKED
Lute"-backed`, a.
Defn: Having a curved spine.