3. (Brick Making) A straight-edged piece of wood for striking off
superfluous clay from mold.
Lute, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Luted; p. pr. & vb. n. Luting.] To close or
seal with lute; as, to lute on the cover of a crucible; to lute a
joint.
Lute, n. [OF. leut, F. luth; skin to Pr. laút, It. liúto, leúto, Sp.
laúd, Pg. alaude; all fr. Ar. al'&?;d; al the + '&?;d wood, timber,
trunk or branch of a tree, staff, stick, wood of aloes, lute or harp.]
(Mus.) 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.
Lute, v. i. To sound, as a lute. Piers Plowman. Keats.
Lute, v. t. To play on a lute, or as on a lute.
Knaves are men That lute and flute fantastic tenderness.
Tennyson.
Lute"-backed` (?), a. Having a curved spine.
Lu*te"ic (?), a. (Chem.) (a) Pertaining to, or derived from, weld
(Reseda luteola). (b) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid resembling
luteolin, but obtained from the flowers of Euphorbia cyparissias.
Lu"te*in (?), n. [From corpus luteum.] (Physiol. Chem.) A substance of
a strongly marked yellow color, extracted from the yelk of eggs, and
from the tissue of the corpus luteum.
Lut"e*nist (?), n. Same as Lutanist.
Lu"te*o- (?). [L. luteus.] (Chem.) A combining form signifying orange
yellow or brownish yellow.
Lu"te*o*co*balt"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating,
certain compounds of cobalt having a yellow color. Cf. Cobaltic.
Luteocobaltic chloride (Chem.), a brilliant reddish yellow crystalline
compound, Co2Cl6(NH3)12, obtained by the action of ammonium chloride on
an ammoniacal solution of cobaltic chloride.
Lu"te*o*lin (?), n. [From NL. Reseda luteola, fr. L. luteolus
yellowish, fr. luteus: cf. F. lutéoline. See Luteous.] (Chem.) A yellow
dyestuff obtained from the foliage of the dyer's broom (Reseda
luteola).
Lu"te*ous (?), a. [L. luteus, fr. lutum dyer's broom, weld, which is
used as a yellow dye.] Yellowish; more or less like buff.
Lut"er (?), n. [From 3d Lute.] One who plays on a lute.
Lut"er, n. [From Ist Lute.] One who applies lute.
Lu*tes"cent (?), a. [L. luteus yellow.] Of a yellowish color.
Lute"string` (?), n. [Corrupted fr. lustring.] A plain, stout, lustrous
silk, used for ladies' dresses and for ribbon. Goldsmith.
Luth (?), n. [F.] (Zoöl.) The leatherback.
Lu"ther*an (?), a. (Eccl. Hist.) Of or pertaining to Luther; adhering
to the doctrines of Luther or the Lutheran Church.
Lu"ther*an, n. (Eccl. Hist.) One who accepts or adheres to the
doctrines of Luther or the Lutheran Church.
{ Lu"ther*an*ism, Lu"ther*ism } (?), n. The doctrines taught by Luther
or held by the Lutheran Church.
Lu"thern (?), n. [F. lucarne a dormer, dormer window, garret window, L.
lucerna lamp, fr. lucere to be light or clear, fr. lux light. See
Light, n., and cf. Lucarne.] (Arch.) A dormer window. See Dormer.
Lu"ti*dine (?), n. [From toluidine, by transposition.] (Chem.) Any one
of several metameric alkaloids, C5H3N.(CH3)2, of the pyridine series,
obtained from bone oil as liquids, and having peculiar pungent odors.
These alkaloids are also called respectively dimethyl pyridine, ethyl
pyridine, etc.
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Lut"ing (?), n. (Chem.) See Lute, a cement.
Lut"ist, n. One who plays on a lute.
Lu*tose" (?), a. [L. lutosus, fr. lutum mud.] Covered with clay; miry.
Lu"tu*lence (?), n. The state or quality of being lutulent.
Lu"tu*lent (?), a. [L. lutulentus, fr. lutum mud.] Muddy; turbid;
thick. [Obs.]
Lu*wack" (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Paradoxure.
Lux (?), v. t. [Cf. F. luxer. See Luxate.] To put out of joint; to
luxate. [Obs.]
Lux"ate (?), a. [L. luxatus, p. p. of luxare to dislocate.] Luxated.
[Obs.]
Lux"ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Luxated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Luxating
(?).] To displace, or remove from its proper place, as a joint; to put
out of joint; to dislocate.
Lux*a"tion (?), n. [L. luxatio: cf. F. luxation.] The act of luxating,
or the state of being luxated; a dislocation.
Luxe (?), n. [L. luxus: cf. F. luxe.] Luxury. [Obs.] Shenstone.
||Édition de luxe (&?;). [F.] (Printing) A sumptuous edition as regards
||paper, illustrations, binding, etc.
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Lux"ive (?), a. Given to luxury; voluptuous. [Obs.]
Lux*ul"li*an*ite (?), n. [So called from Luxullian, in Cornwall.]
(Min.) A kind of granite from Luxullian, Cornwall, characterized by the
presence of radiating groups of minute tourmaline crystals.
Lux*u"ri*ance (?), n. [Cf. F. luxuriance.] The state or quality of
being luxuriant; rank, vigorous growth; excessive abundance produced by
rank growth. "Tropical luxuriance." B. Taylor.
Lux*u"ri*an*cy (?), n. The state or quality of being luxuriant;
luxuriance.
Flowers grow up in the garden in the greatest luxuriancy and
profusion.
Spectator.
Lux*u"ri*ant (?), a. [L. luxurians, p. pr. of luxuriare: cf. F.
luxuriant. See Luxuriate.] Exuberant in growth; rank; excessive; very
abundant; as, a luxuriant growth of grass; luxuriant foliage.
Prune the luxuriant, the uncouth refine.
Pope.
Luxuriant flower (Bot.), one in which the floral envelopes are
overdeveloped at the expense of the essential organs.
Lux*u"ri*ant*ly, adv. In a luxuriant manner.
Lux*u"ri*ate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Luxuriated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Luxuriating.] [L. luxuriatus, p. p. of luxuriari, -are, to luxuriate.
See Luxury.]
1. To grow exuberantly; to grow to superfluous abundance. " Corn
luxuriates in a better mold." Burton.
2. To feed or live luxuriously; as, the herds luxuriate in the
pastures.
3. To indulge with unrestrained delight and freedom; as, to luxuriate
in description.
Lux*u`ri*a"tion (?), n. The act or process of luxuriating.