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Pronunciation : Zith"er
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [G. zither. See Cittern.] (Mus.)
Definition : Defn: 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.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913