lute, luting
(noun) a substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid
Source: WordNet® 3.1
luting
present participle of lute
luting (countable and uncountable, plural lutings)
lute (a kind of sticky clay or cement)
• glutin, inglut, ungilt
Source: Wiktionary
Lut"ing, n. (Chem.)
Definition: See Lute, a cement.
Lute, n. Etym: [L. lutum mud, clay: cf. OF. lut.]
1. (Chem.)
Definition: A cement of clay or other tenacious infusible substance for sealing joints in apparatus, or the mouths of vessels or tubes, or for coating the bodies of retorts, etc., when exposed to heat; -- called also luting.
2. A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc.
3. (Brick Making)
Definition: A straight-edged piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from mold.
Lute, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Luted; p. pr. & vb. n. Luting.]
Definition: To close or seal with lute; as, to lute on the cover of a crucible; to lute a joint.
Lute, n. Etym: [OF. leut, F. luth; skin to Pr. laĂșt, It. liĂșto, leĂșto, Sp. laĂșd, 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.)
Definition: 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, v. i.
Definition: To sound, as a lute. Piers Plowman. Keats.
Lute, v. t.
Definition: To play on a lute, or as on a lute. Knaves are men That lute and flute fantastic tenderness. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 May 2025
(adjective) expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance; âher amatory affairsâ; âamorous glancesâ; âa romantic adventureâ; âa romantic moonlight rideâ
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
