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lute

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lute 1  (lt)
n.
A stringed instrument having a body shaped like a pear sliced lengthwise and a neck with a fretted fingerboard that is usually bent just below the tuning pegs.

[Middle English, from Old French lut, from Old Provençal laut, from Arabic al-'d : al-, the + 'd, wood, branch, stem, lute.]

lute
Noun
an ancient plucked stringed instrument with a long fingerboard and a body shaped like a half pear [Arabic al `ūd, literally: the wood]

Lute a flock of mallard.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.lute - a substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid
sealing material - any substance used to seal joints or fill cracks in a porous surface
2.lute - chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard
chordophone - a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers
fingerboard - a narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers
Translations

lute [luːt] nlaúd m
lute [luːt] nluth m
lute [luːt] nLaute f
lute [luːt] nliuto

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"You think she is too old, too sedate," Lute insisted.
But listen, for it seems he is tuning a lute or guitar, and from the way he is spitting and clearing his chest he must be getting ready to sing something.
Not tables, toilettes, wardrobes, or drawers, but on one side perhaps the remains of a broken lute, on the other a ponderous chest which no efforts can open, and over the fireplace the portrait of some handsome warrior, whose features will so incomprehensibly strike you, that you will not be able to withdraw your eyes from it.
 
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