slovo | definícia |
cither (encz) | cither,loutna n: Zdeněk Brož |
cither (gcide) | cither \cither\ n.
a musical instrument resembling a harp with strings stretch
over a flat sounding box; the zither. It is played with a
plectrum and with fingers.
Syn: zither, zithern.
[WordNet 1.5] |
cither (wn) | cither
n 1: a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a
flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a
plectrum and with fingers [syn: zither, cither,
zithern]
2: a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a
pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings [syn: cittern,
cithern, cither, citole, gittern] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
cithern (encz) | cithern,loutna n: Zdeněk Brož |
Cithern (gcide) | Cithern \Cith"ern\, n.
See Cittern.
[1913 Webster]Cittern \Cit"tern\, n. [L.cithara, Gr. kiqa`ra. Cf. Cithara,
Gittern.] (Mus.)
An instrument shaped like a lute, but strung with wire and
played with a quill or plectrum. [Written also cithern.]
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Not to be confounded with zither.
[1913 Webster] |
cithern (gcide) | Cithern \Cith"ern\, n.
See Cittern.
[1913 Webster]Cittern \Cit"tern\, n. [L.cithara, Gr. kiqa`ra. Cf. Cithara,
Gittern.] (Mus.)
An instrument shaped like a lute, but strung with wire and
played with a quill or plectrum. [Written also cithern.]
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Not to be confounded with zither.
[1913 Webster] |
cithern (wn) | cithern
n 1: a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with
a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings [syn: cittern,
cithern, cither, citole, gittern] |
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