cither
1. a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers • Syn: zither, zithern • Hypernyms: stringed instrument • Hyponyms: dulcimer 2. a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings • Syn: cittern, cithern, citole, gittern • Hypernyms: guitar
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