||Lu"sus na*tu"ræ (?). [L., fr. lusus sport + naturae, gen. of natura
||nature.] Sport or freak of nature; a deformed or unnatural
||production.
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Lut"a*nist (?), n. [LL. lutanista, fr. lutana lute. See Lute the
instrument.] A person that plays on the lute. Johnson.
Lu*ta"ri*ous (?), a. [L. lutarius fr. lutum mud.] Of, pertaining to, or
like, mud; living in mud. [Obs.] Grew.
Lu*ta"tion (?), n. [L. lutare, lutatum, to bedaub with mud, fr. lutum
mud: cf. F. lutation.] The act or method of luting vessels.
Lute (?), n. [L. lutum mud, clay: cf. OF. lut.] 1. (Chem.) A cement of
clay or other tenacious infusible substance for sealing joints in
apparatus, or the mouths of vessels or tubes, or for coating the bodies
of retorts, etc., when exposed to heat; -- called also luting.