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Definition of Gitterns
1. gittern [n] - See also: gittern
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gitterns
Literary usage of Gitterns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Archaeological Journal by Council, British Archaeological Association, Central Committee (1861)
"Item four gitterns with iiij. cases to them. Item two gitterns pipes of ivery
... gitterns pipes of ..."
2. Publications by Musical Antiquarian Society (1845)
"... and some have heard them play at gitterns and Jews' harps, and ring bells and
make answer to those that call them, and speake with certain signes, ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"... and taverns; Whereas with harpes, lutes, and gitterns,* They dance and play
at dice both day and night. And eat also, and drinken o'er hir might; ..."
4. Old English Instruments of Music: Their History and Character by Francis William Galpin (1911)
"Mediaeval gitterns' . . . 23 Brit. Mus., fa. 83, and Warwick Castle. 8. Cittern,
large English Guitar, ..."
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