L — Lustering to Lychnoscope (Part 3 of 6)

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.

Lute
(Lute), v. i. To sound, as a lute. Piers Plowman. Keats.

Lute
(Lute), v. t. To play on a lute, or as on a lute.

Knaves are men
That lute and flute fantastic tenderness.

Lute-backed
(Lute"-backed`) a. Having a curved spine.

Luteic
(Lu*te"ic) a. (Chem.) (a) Pertaining to, or derived from, weld (b) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid resembling luteolin, but obtained from the flowers of Euphorbia cyparissias.

Lutein
(Lu"te*in) n. [From corpus luteum.] (Physiol. Chem.) A substance of a strongly marked yellow color, extracted from the yelk of eggs, and from the tissue of the corpus luteum.

Lutenist
(Lut"e*nist) n. Same as Lutanist.

Luteo-
(Lu"te*o-) [L. luteus.] (Chem.) A combining form signifying orange yellow or brownish yellow.

Luteocobaltic
(Lu"te*o*co*balt"ic) a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, certain compounds of cobalt having a yellow color. Cf. Cobaltic.

Luteocobaltic chloride (Chem.), a brilliant reddish yellow crystalline compound, Co₂Cl₆(NH₃)₁₂, obtained by the action of ammonium chloride on an ammoniacal solution of cobaltic chloride.

Luteolin
(Lu"te*o*lin) n. [From NL. Reseda luteola, fr. L. luteolus yellowish, fr. luteus: cf. F. lutéoline. See Luteous.] (Chem.) A yellow dyestuff obtained from the foliage of the dyer's broom

Luteous
(Lu"te*ous) a. [L. luteus, fr. lutum dyer's broom, weld, which is used as a yellow dye.] Yellowish; more or less like buff.

Luter
(Lut"er) n. [From 3d Lute.] One who plays on a lute.

Luter
(Lut"er), n. [From Ist Lute.] One who applies lute.

Lutescent
(Lu*tes"cent) a. [L. luteus yellow.] Of a yellowish color.

Lutestring
(Lute"string`) n. [Corrupted fr. lustring.] A plain, stout, lustrous silk, used for ladies' dresses and for ribbon. Goldsmith.

Luth
(Luth) n. [F.] (Zoöl.) The leatherback.

Lutheran
(Lu"ther*an) a. (Eccl. Hist.) Of or pertaining to Luther; adhering to the doctrines of Luther or the Lutheran Church.

Lutheran
(Lu"ther*an), n. (Eccl. Hist.) One who accepts or adheres to the doctrines of Luther or the Lutheran Church.

Lutheranism
(Lu"ther*an*ism, Lu"ther*ism) n. The doctrines taught by Luther or held by the Lutheran Church.

Luthern
(Lu"thern) n. [F. lucarne a dormer, dormer window, garret window, L. lucerna lamp, fr. lucere to be light or clear, fr. lux light. See Light, n., and cf. Lucarne.] (Arch.) A dormer window. See Dormer.