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cither

/ 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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cither1

C17: from Latin cithara, from Greek kithara lyre
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Example Sentences

I will sing you something with my cither.

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.

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.

The article the is applied to nouns of cither number: as, "The man, the men;" "The good boy, the good boys."

The dew! for its want an oak will wither— By the dull hoof into the dust is trod, And then who strikes the cither?

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