cither
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of cither
C17: from Latin cithara, from Greek kithara lyre
Example Sentences
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Musical Never has cither a jot or tittle of Jewish ritual been discarded without a struggle.
From Time Magazine Archive
Children are cither too young to get the point or old enough to know better.
From Time Magazine Archive
The dew! for its want an oak will wither— By the dull hoof into the dust is trod, And then who strikes the cither?
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 4 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
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)
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
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