unlute

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ lute.

Verb

unlute (third-person singular simple present unlutes, present participle unluting, simple past and past participle unluted)

  1. (transitive) To separate, as things cemented or luted; to take the lute or clay from.
    • 1673, Robert Boyle, “(please specify the title)”, in Essays of the Strange Subtilty, Great Efficacy, Determinate Nature of Effluviums. , London: W G for M Pitt, , →OCLC:
      carelesly unlute the vessels

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for unlute”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)