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cittern |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cittern \Cit"tern\, n. [L. cithara, Gr ?. 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. Note: Not to be confounded with zither.