gittern

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gittern - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

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

gittern - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  gittern
      n 1: a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with
           a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings [syn: cittern,
           cithern, cither, citole, gittern]