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lut⋅ing

  [loo-ting]
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–noun
any of various readily molded substances for sealing joints, cementing objects together, or waterproofing surfaces.
Origin:
1520–30; lute 2 + -ing 1

lute

1  [loot] noun, verb, lut⋅ed, lut⋅ing.
–noun
1. a stringed musical instrument having a long, fretted neck and a hollow, typically pear-shaped body with a vaulted back.
–verb (used without object)
2. to play a lute.
–verb (used with object)
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.
Origin:
1325–75; ME < MF, OF < OPr laut < Ar al ʿūd lit., the wood

lute

2  [loot] noun, verb, lut⋅ed, lut⋅ing.
–noun
1. luting.
–verb (used with object)
2. to seal or cement with luting.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < ML lutum, special use of L lutum mud, clay

lute

3  [loot] noun, verb, lut⋅ed, lut⋅ing.
–noun
1. a paving tool for spreading and smoothing concrete, consisting of a straightedge mounted transversely on a long handle.
–verb (used with object)
2. to spread and smooth (concrete in a pavement) with a lute.
Origin:
1870–75, Americanism; < D loet
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lute 2   (lōōt)   
n.  A substance, such as dried clay or cement, used to pack and seal pipe joints and other connections or coat a porous surface in order to make it tight. Also called luting.
tr.v.   lut·ed, lut·ing, lutes
To coat, pack, or seal with lute.

[Middle English, from Old French lut, from Latin lutum, potter's clay.]
lut·ing   (lōō'tĭng)   
n.  See lute2.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

lute 
1295, from O.Fr. lut, from O.Prov. laut, from Arabic al-'ud, the Arabian lute, lit. "the wood" (source of Sp. laud, Port. alaude, It. liuto), where al is the definite article.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: lute
Pronunciation: 'lüt
Function: noun
: a substance (as cement or clay) for packing a joint (as in laboratory apparatus) or coating aporous surface to produce imperviousness to gas or liquid —lute transitive verb lut·ed; lut·ing
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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