lute
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lute1
▶noun a stringed instrument with a long neck and a rounded body with a flat front, played by plucking.
– origin ME: from OFr. lut, leut, prob. via Provençal from Arab. al-‘ūd.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lute2
▶noun (also luting) liquid clay or cement used to seal a joint, coat a crucible, or protect a graft.
■ a rubber seal for a jar.
▶verb seal, join, or coat with lute.– origin ME: from OFr. lut or med. L. lutum, a special use of L. lutum ‘potter's clay’.
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