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An instrument like a guitar.

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  1. n. An instrument like a guitar.
  2. v. i. To play on gittern.
  3. n. a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings
  4. An instrument like a guitar. "Harps, lutes, and giternes." Chaucer. To play on gittern. Milton.
  5. An instrument like a guitar. "Harps, lutes, and giternes."Chaucer.
  6. n a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings