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zither |
2 definitions found 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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