lute 1
/looht/ , n. , v. , luted, luting .
n.
1. a stringed musical instrument having a long, fretted neck and a hollow, typically pear-shaped body with a vaulted back.
v.i.
2. to play a lute.
v.t.
3. to perform (music) on a lute: a musician skilled at luting Elizabethan ballads.
4. to express (a feeling, mood, etc.) by means of a lute: The minstrel eloquently luted his melancholy.
[ 1325-75; ME laut al 'ud lit., the wood ]
lute 2
/looht/ , n. , v. , luted, luting .
n.
1. luting.
v.t.
2. to seal or cement with luting.
[ 1375-1425; late ME lutum, special use of L lutum mud, clay ]
lute 3
/looht/ , n. , v. , luted, luting .
n.
1. a paving tool for spreading and smoothing concrete, consisting of a straightedge mounted transversely on a long handle.
v.t.
2. to spread and smooth (concrete in a pavement) with a lute.
[ 1870-75, Amer.; loet ]