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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cittern \Cit"tern\, noun [L.cithara, Gr. kiqa'ra. Cf. {Cithara}, {Gittern}.] (Mus.) 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
cittern
noun: a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings [syn: {cithern}, {cither}, {citole}, {gittern}]
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