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cittern
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Cittern
(gcide) | 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.
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Note: Not to be confounded with zither.
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cittern
(wn) | cittern
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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Cittern
(gcide) | 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.
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Note: Not to be confounded with zither.
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Cittern-head
(gcide) | Cittern-head \Cit"tern-head`\, n.
Blockhead; dunce; -- so called because the handle of a
cittern usually ended with a carved head. --Marsion
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