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An instrument shaped like a lute, but strung with wire and played with a quill or plectrum.

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  1. n. An instrument shaped like a lute, but strung with wire and played with a quill or plectrum.
  2. n. a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings
  3. n a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings