Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A name of the soft turtle, Dermatochelys (Sphargis) coriacea. See cut under leatherback.
- n. An abbreviation of Lutheran.
Wiktionary
- n. The leatherback turtle.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) The leatherback.
Etymologies
- French (Wiktionary)
Examples
“It's their word luth, for what we here in 'Merica would call a lute.”
““Et nous jongleurs inutiles, frivoles joueurs de luth!” ...”
“The flesh of the luth or leathery turtle (DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA) which diets on fish, crustacea, molluscs, radiates, and other animals, causes symptoms of poisoning; but the luth does not appear to be common in this part of the Pacific, though it occurs in”
“Perhaps the poor Spaniards of those days happened in the first instance upon an ancient bull, or a hawks-bill, and tapped the poison gland, or a loggerhead or a luth, and came ever after to entertain, with right good cause, a holy terror of turtle, irrespective of species.”
“Claude Perrault, [9] writing in the 18th century, states that "les modernes appellent notre luth barbiton”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"
“Prends ton luth! prends ton luth! je ne peux plus me taire; 110”
“Publick, having been very much delighted by the rehearsal of it; the music was done by Mr Cohaut who teaches my wife to play on the luth.”
Baron D'Holbach : a Study of Eighteenth Century Radicalism in France
“I hope it will prove very agreeable to the Publick, having been very much delighted by the rehearsal of it; the music was done by Mr Cohaut who teaches my wife to play on the luth.”
“Et nous jongleurs inutiles, frivoles joueurs de luth!" ...”
“The flesh of the luth or leathery turtle (DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA) which diets on fish, crustacea, molluscs, radiates, and other animals, causes symptoms of poisoning; but the luth does not appear to be common in this part of the Pacific, though it occurs in Torres Straits.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘luth’.
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tortoises and turtles
about 294 species
turtle in Zulu is ufudugreen turtle, matamata, common snake-neck..., hawksbill turtle, twist-necked turtle, Central Americant..., pig-nosed river t..., loggerhead turtle, olive ridley turtle, common snapping t..., alligator snappin..., Central American ... and 48 more...
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Australian
words not found in other
dictionaries,these are from Macquarie
Dictionary and not playable in
scrabbleabdul, abdulled, abdulling, abi, abiu, ablactate, absinthial, absinthian, absoluter, acalypha, acanthodian, acaroids and 5128 more...
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Words of The Future - Part 4
Taking various common small word structures, I will be generating new variations.
CURRENTLY: ?@th and ?e?e
KEY: ? = consonant; @ = vowel
I am open to any requ...teke, jeve, kewe, suth, xere, lewe, sete, tyth, pexe, heve, vede, noth and 162 more...
Tweets
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