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lute (1)
lute [ loot ] (plural lutes)


noun 
Definition:
 
musical instrument: a plucked musical instrument of the 14th to the 17th centuries resembling the guitar but with a flat, pear-shaped body
[13th century. Via Old French lut< Arabic al-'ūd "wood"]
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