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Cittern   Listen
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Cittern  n.  (Written also cithern)  (Mus.) An instrument shaped like a lute, but strung with wire and played with a quill or plectrum. Note: Not to be confounded with zither.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Cittern" Quotes from Famous Books



... him, yes! He shall come home, and minister unto you The fricace for the mother. Or, let me see, I think you'd rather mount; would you not mount? Why, if you'll mount, you may; yes truly, you may: And so you may be seen, down to the foot. Get you a cittern, lady Vanity, And be a dealer with the virtuous man; Make one: I'll but protest myself a cuckold, And save your dowry. I'm a Dutchman, I! For, if you thought me an Italian, You would be damn'd, ere you did this, you whore! Thou'dst ...
— Volpone; Or, The Fox • Ben Jonson



Words linked to "Cittern" :   cithern, gittern, cither, guitar



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