cither
Britishnoun
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Origin of cither
C17: from Latin cithara, from Greek kithara lyre
Example Sentences
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I will sing you something with my cither.
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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.
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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.
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The article the is applied to nouns of cither number: as, "The man, the men;" "The good boy, the good boys."
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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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