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<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Brick Making)</fld> <def>A straight-edged piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from mold.</def>

<h1>Lute</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lute</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Luted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Luting</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To close or seal with lute; <as>as, to <ex>lute</ex> on the cover of a crucible; to <ex>lute</ex> a joint.</as></def>

<h1>Lute</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lute</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>leut</ets>, F. <ets>luth</ets>; skin to Pr. <ets>la\'a3t</ets>, It. <ets>li\'a3to</ets>, <ets>le\'a3to</ets>, Sp. <ets>la\'a3d</ets>, Pg. <ets>alaude</ets>; all fr. Ar. <ets>al'<?/d</ets>; <ets>al</ets> the + <ets>'<?/d</ets> wood, timber, trunk or branch of a tree, staff, stick, wood of aloes, lute or harp.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A stringed instrument formerly much in use. It consists of four parts, namely, the table or front, the body, having nine or ten ribs or "sides," arranged like the divisions of a melon, the neck, which has nine or ten frets or divisions, and the head, or cross, in which the screws for tuning are inserted. The strings are struck with the right hand, and with the left the stops are pressed.</def>

<h1>Lute</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lute</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To sound, as a lute. <i>Piers Plowman</i>. <i>Keats</i>.</def>

<h1>Lute</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lute</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To play on a lute, or as on a lute.</def>

<blockquote>Knaves are men That <b>lute</b> and flute fantastic tenderness. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lute-backed</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lute"-backed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a curved spine.</def>

<h1>Luteic</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lu*te"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, weld (<spn>Reseda luteola</spn>).</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, an acid resembling luteolin, but obtained from the flowers of <spn>Euphorbia cyparissias</spn>.</def>

<h1>Lutein</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lu"te*in</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From corpus <ets>lute</ets>um.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A substance of a strongly marked yellow color, extracted from the yelk of eggs, and from the tissue of the corpus luteum.</def>

<h1>Lutenist</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lut"e*nist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Lutanist</er>.</def>

<h1>Luteo-</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lu"te*o-</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[L. <ets>luteus</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A combining form signifying <i>orange yellow</i> or <i>brownish yellow</i>.</def>

<h1>Luteocobaltic</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lu"te*o*co*balt"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, certain compounds of cobalt having a yellow color. Cf. <er>Cobaltic</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Luteocobaltic chloride</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a brilliant reddish yellow crystalline compound, <chform>Co2Cl6(NH3)12</chform>, obtained by the action of ammonium chloride on an ammoniacal solution of cobaltic chloride.</cd></cs>

<h1>Luteolin</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lu"te*o*lin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From NL. Reseda <ets>luteola</ets>, fr. L. <ets>luteolus</ets> yellowish, fr. <ets>luteus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lut\'82oline</ets>. See <er>Luteous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A yellow dyestuff obtained from the foliage of the dyer's broom (<spn>Reseda luteola</spn>).</def>

<h1>Luteous</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lu"te*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>luteus</ets>, fr. <ets>lutum</ets> dyer's broom, weld, which is used as a yellow dye.]</ety> <def>Yellowish; more or less like buff.</def>

<h1>Luter</h1> <Xpage=876>