cither

Noun
  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 (synset 104622583)
    is a type of: stringed instrument - a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound
    subtypes: dulcimer - a trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers
    same as: zither, zithern
  2. A 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings (synset 103039817)
    is a type of: guitar - a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking
    same as: cithern, citole, cittern, gittern

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