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  1. 1. n. 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. [Not to be confounded with the old lute-shaped cittern, or cithern.] Source: opted
  2. 2. n. a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers Source: wordnet
  3. 3. 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.] Source: webster
  4. 4. An instrument of music used in Austria and Germany. It has fromthirty to forty wires strung across a shallow sounding-board, whichlies horizontally on a table before the performer, who uses bothhands in playing on it. Source: adambom
  5. 5. n:100 n. a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers Source: ecdict

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