Lute vs. Lyre

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.

Lyrenoun

(musical instrument) An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke.

Lyrenoun

Any instrument of the same musicological classification; any yoke lute.

Lyrenoun

A lyre-shaped sheet music holder that attaches to a wind instrument when a music stand is impractical.

Lyrenoun

(obsolete) A composer of lyric poetry.

Lyrenoun

A stringed instrument of music; a kind of harp much used by the ancients, as an accompaniment to poetry.

Lyrenoun

One of the constellations; Lyra. See Lyra.

Lyrenoun

a harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment

Lyrenoun

a stringed instrument like a small U-shaped harp with strings fixed to a crossbar, used especially in ancient Greece. Modern instruments of this type are found mainly in East Africa.