† belutev.
Obsolete. rare.
1. transitive. To spatter or cover with mud or dirt. Cf. lute n.2 2.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > dirty or soil with specific kinds of dirt [verb (transitive)] > dirty with mud
mire?c1475
glar?a1500
bemirec1532
bemud1580
bemoila1610
immire1611
muddya1616
mud1632
muddify1739
slutch1745
belute1760
slush1807
slub1886
1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy II. ix. 63 Never was a Dr. Slop so beluted, and so transubstantiated.
2. transitive. To cover with clay or cement (see lute n.2 1). Cf. lute v.2 1.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > clad or cover [verb (transitive)] > clad or cover with other materials
pitcheOE
lute1495
loam1600
bitume1609
wainscota1631
mud1632
putty1719
compo1809
belute1837
smear1839
puddle1844
plash1864
canvas1865
cement1886
TP1962
toilet-paper1964
1837 New Monthly Mag. Apr. 524 Some of the best bird-lime, with which it [sc. the poor animal] belutes its eyes till they are sealed up.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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