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lute (s) (nouns), lutes (pl)
1. A substance, especially a cement of clay or the like, used to close up a hole: Sam read that lute could be used for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to produce imperviousness to gas or liquid.

Lute is a soft, earthy packing mixture used for closing or sealing apertures, joints, or porous surfaces in order to make them resistant to liquids or gases.
2. A packing ring, as of rubber: A lute was necessary to seal the fruit jar.

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lute (verb), lutes; luted; luting
To cover or to seal something: Jane luted the cracks and the porous surface in the plate
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lute (s) (noun), lutes (pl)
1. A musical instrument much used in the 1500s and 1600s: A lute has a pear-shaped body and usually six pairs of strings and is played by plucking the strings with the fingers.
2. Etymology: from Arabic al'ud, "the lute", through Old Provençal laut, Old French lut, then into English.
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