belute, v.
(bɪˈl(j)uːt)
[f. be- + lute ad. L. lutum mud.]
a. trans. To cover with mud or dirt. b. To coat with lute or cement of any kind.
| 1760 Sterne Tr. Shandy (1802) II. ix. 172 Never was a Dr. Slop so beluted, and so transubstantiated. 1837 New Month. Mag. XLIX. 524 Bird-lime, with which it belutes its eyes till they are sealed up. |