Barbiton vs. Lute

Barbitonnoun

an ancient stringed musical instrument, apparently a type of lute or lyre

Barbitonnoun

An ancient Greek instrument resembling a lyre.

Barbiton

The barbiton, or barbitos (Gr: βάρβιτον or βάρβιτος; Lat. barbitus), is an ancient stringed instrument related to the lyre known from Greek and Roman classics.

Lutenoun

A fretted stringed instrument of European origin, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.

Lutenoun

Thick sticky clay or cement used to close up a hole or gap, especially to make something air-tight.

Lutenoun

A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc.

Lutenoun

(brickmaking) A straight-edged piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from earth.

Luteverb

To play on a lute, or as if on a lute.

Luteverb

To fix or fasten something with lute.

Lutenoun

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.

Lutenoun

A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc.

Lutenoun

A straight-edged piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from mold.

Lutenoun

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.

Luteverb

To close or seal with lute; as, to lute on the cover of a crucible; to lute a joint.

Luteverb

To sound, as a lute.

Luteverb

To play on a lute, or as on a lute.

Lutenoun

a substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid

Lutenoun

chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard

Lutenoun

a plucked stringed instrument with a long neck bearing frets and a rounded body with a flat front, rather like a halved egg in shape.

Lutenoun

liquid clay or cement used to seal a joint, coat a crucible, or protect a graft.

Lutenoun

a rubber seal for a jar.

Luteverb

seal, join, or coat with lute

Lute

A lute ( or ) is any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back enclosing a hollow cavity, usually with a sound hole or opening in the body. It may be either fretted or unfretted.