- 1. n. An instrument shaped like a lute, but strung with wire and played with a quill or plectrum. Source: opted
- 2. n. a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings Source: wordnet
- 3. 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. Source: webster
- 4. An instrument shaped like a lute, but strung with wire andplayed with a quill or plectrum. [Written also cithern.] Shak. Source: adambom
- 5. n a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings Source: ecdict
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