[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

zither \zith"er\, n. g. zither. see cittern. mus.
   an instrument of music used in austria and germany. it has
   from thirty to forty wires strung across a shallow
   sounding-board, which lies horizontally on a table before the
   performer, who uses both hands in playing on it.

   note: not to be confounded with the old lute-shaped
         cittern, or cithern.
         1913 webster
see also:
cittern cittern cithern 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

zither
     n : a musical stringed instrument with strings stretch over a
         flat sounding box; it is laid flat and played with a
         plectrum and with fingers syn: cither, zithern
see also:
cither zithern 

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