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Gittern

noun
1.
A 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.  Synonyms: cither, cithern, citole, cittern.






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"Gittern" Quotes from Famous Books



... Cicely, may I never touch gittern again," bawled the King in a fury, "if every note, word, and thought be not mine; may I die in to-morrow's onslaught if the song be not my song. Sing thyself, Wilfrid of the Lanthorn Jaws; thou could'st sing a good song in old times." And with all his might, and with ...
— Burlesques • William Makepeace Thackeray



Words linked to "Gittern" :   cithern, cittern, citole, guitar, cither



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