lute (1)

t. & i. [LUTE (1), 8.] A. Trans.: To play on or as on the lute. B. In trans.: To sound sweetly like a lute. lûte (2), v . t . [LUTE (2), s.] To stop with clay; as the cover of a furnace, or a muffle to resist the pas sage of fumes, or of a charged retort to prevent the escape of gas around the cover; to close or coat with lute or or luting. *lûte (3), v. i. [A. S. lútan.] To bend, to bow. [LOUT, v.] *lûte (4), v. i. [A.S. lutian ; O. H. Ger. luzzen .] To lie hid.