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Zither   /zˈɪðər/   Listen
Zither

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.  Synonyms: cither, zithern.






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"Zither" Quotes from Famous Books



... GRAFIN' who had married beneath her; and when Fleeming explained what he called the English theory (though indeed it was quite his own) of married relations, Joseph, admiring but unconvinced, avowed it was 'GAR SCHON.' Joseph's cousin, Walpurga Moser, to an orchestra of clarionet and zither, taught the family the country dances, the Steierisch and the Landler, and gained their hearts during the lessons. Her sister Loys, too, who was up at the Alp with the cattle, came down to church on Sundays, made acquaintance with the Jenkins, and must have them up to see the sunrise ...
— Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin • Robert Louis Stevenson



Words linked to "Zither" :   stringed instrument, cither, dulcimer



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