English-Thai Dictionary
cittern
N กีตาร์ แบบ เก่าช นิดหนึ่ง กล่องเสียง เป็น รูป แพร์
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CITTERN
Cit "tern, n. Etym: [L.cithara, Gr. Cithara, Gittern. ] (Mus. )
Defn: 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.
CITTERN-HEAD
CITTERN-HEAD Cit "tern-head `, n.
Defn: Blockhead; dunce; -- so called because the handle of a cittern usually ended with a carved head. Marsion
New American Oxford Dictionary
cittern
cit tern |ˈsitərn ˈsɪdərn |(also cithern |ˈsiTHərn, ˈsiT͟H -|) ▶noun a stringed instrument similar to a lute, with a flattened back and wire strings, used in 16th - and 17th -century Europe. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin cithara, from Greek kithara, denoting a kind of harp. The spelling has been influenced by gittern .
Oxford Dictionary
cittern
cittern |ˈsɪt (ə )n | ▶noun a stringed instrument similar to a lute, with a flattened back and wire strings, used in 16th - and 17th -century Europe. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin cithara, from Greek kithara, denoting a kind of harp. The spelling has been influenced by gittern .
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