Definitions for lutings

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lutings lut·ing

Spelling: [loo-ting]

IPA: /ˈlu tɪŋ/

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

You can make 179 anagrams from letters in lutings (gilnstu).

Definitions for lutings

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 lutings

First recorded in 1520-30; lute² + -ing¹

Examples for lutings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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