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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Zither \Zith"er\, n. [G. zither. See {Cittern}.] (Mus.)
An instrument of music used in Austria and Germany. It has
from thirty to forty wires strung across a shallow
sounding-board, which lies horizontally on a table before the
performer, who uses both hands in playing on it
Note: [Not to be confounded with the old lute-shaped cittern,
or cithern.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
zither
n : a musical instrument with strings stretch over a flat
sounding box; played with a plectrum and with fingers
[syn: {cither}, {zithern}]
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