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Gittern

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Gittern

	Gittern \Git"tern\ (g[i^]t"t[~e]rn), n. [OE. giterne, OF.
   guiterne, ultimately from same source as E. guitar. See
   Guitar, and cf. Cittern.]
   An instrument like a guitar. "Harps, lutes, and giternes."
   --Chaucer.
   [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Gittern

	Gittern \Git"tern\, v. i.
   To play on gittern. --Milton.
   [1913 Webster]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
Gittern

	gittern
     n : a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a
         pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings [syn: cittern, cithern,
          cither, citole]

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