Definitions for luting

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luting lut·ing

Spelling: [loo-ting]

IPA: /ˈlu tɪŋ/

Luting is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 89 anagrams from letters in luting (gilntu).

Definitions for luting

noun

1. any of various readily molded substances for sealing joints, cementing objects together, or waterproofing surfaces.
2. a stringed musical instrument having a long, fretted neck and a hollow, typically pear-shaped body with a vaulted back.
3. luting.
4. a paving tool for spreading and smoothing concrete, consisting of a straightedge mounted transversely on a long handle.

verb (used with object)

1. to perform (music) on a lute:
2. to express (a feeling, mood, etc.) by means of a lute:
3. to seal or cement with luting.
4. to spread and smooth (concrete in a pavement) with a lute.

verb (used without object)

1. to play a lute.

Origin of luting

First recorded in 1520-30; lute² + -ing¹

Examples for luting

After the heat has been applied 20 hours, the bricks and ashes are removed, the luting broken, and the capellina hoisted up.

Now fit the whole pipe, bowl inverted, on to the under one, luting the edges of both well with clay.

A gang has been ordered to cut clay for the luting of the coke furnaces.

If allowed to become thick by drying, dammar may be used as luting.

Dr Buckland says, "It is probable there was some aperture in the luting by which small insects found admission."

Put two or three spoonfuls of water to them, and cover them close with another dish, luting their joyning that nothing may expire.

Apply with an old brush, or by repeatedly plunging the neck of the bottle in the luting before the latter becomes cold.