zith·er /ˈzɪðɚ/
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Zith·er n. Mus. 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.]
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zither
n : a musical stringed instrument with strings stretch over a
flat sounding box; it is laid flat and played with a
plectrum and with fingers [syn: cither, zithern]