luting

[Eng, lut (e) (2), v.; -ing.] A composition, of clay or other substance, used to stop the joints of ve els so as to make them air-tight; lute. lût-Ist, s. [English lute (1), s.; -ist.] One who plays on the lute. lu-tose, a . [Latin lutosus , from lutum =mud, mire.) Miry, muddy; covered with ciay or mud lu-tra, s. [Lat.; Fr. loutre ; Sp. nutra ; Ital. lutra .] Zool .: Otter; the typical genus of the sub-family Lutride (q. v.). Body long, legs short, feet webbed; tail long, stout, and horizontally flattened. Lutra vulgar is is the Common European Otter. It frequents the banks of streams and lakes, lives upon fish, and is highly destructive to salmon. L. can a dens is , a closely-allied species, is the American Otter. [OTTER.]