† unlutedadj.
Obsolete.
Not coated or stopped with lute (lute n.2 1).
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [adjective] > opened > by removal of obstruction > specific
unluted1655
1655 Natura Exenterata 382 Letting it drop into an unluted Receiver.
1757 A. Cooper Compl. Distiller i. vi. 35 When the Recipient is unluted,..without the greatest Circumspection, the Spirits will be spilt.
1804 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 11 497 The distillation..may be conducted in the middle of a laboratory, in unluted vessels, without being offensive to the spectators.
1917 Jrnl. Educ. (Univ. of Boston School of Educ.) 7 June 635/2 The gas..is given off at the heating plant, and is the result of cracked and unluted joints.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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adj.1655- to take by the balls
- to take by the beard
- to take by the button
- to take by the ears
- to take by the foot
- to take by the hand
- to take by the left ear
- to take by the throat
- to take by the top
- to take captive
- to take care of
- to take care of business
- to take centre
- to take chaise
- to make a tsimmes over
- to make a tush at
- to make a tush of
- to make a ugly mouth
- to make a ugly mouths
- to make a use of
- to make a vaunt
- to make a virginia fence
- to make a virtue of
- to make a virtue of a need
- to make a virtue of necessity