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cither

British  
/ ˈsɪθə, ˈsɪθən /

noun

  1. variants of cittern

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of cither

C17: from Latin cithara, from Greek kithara lyre

Example Sentences

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Children are cither too young to get the point or old enough to know better.

From Time Magazine Archive

Musical Never has cither a jot or tittle of Jewish ritual been discarded without a struggle.

From Time Magazine Archive

The stranger was, it was soon seen, a powerful vessel, cither a large corvette or a small frigate, against which the heavily-rigged, ill-manned and slightly-armed merchant ship, had scarcely a chance.

From Paul Gerrard The Cabin Boy by Kingston, William Henry Giles

I will sing you something with my cither.

From Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian by Various

A twofold music in my breast I bear, A cither with diversely sounding strings, One for life's joy, a treble loud and clear, And one deep note that quivers as it sings.

From Love's Comedy by Herford, C. H. (Charles Harold)