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Definition of Gusli
1. Noun. (music) An ancient Russian instrument plucked in the style of a zither sometimes played on the lap and sometimes created with table legs so that the musician can play it seated next to the instrument. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gusli
1. gusla [n -S] - See also: gusla
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gusli
Literary usage of Gusli
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Medical Gazette (1850)
"в o'clock this evening, informing me of a sudden gusli of blood to a very
considerable amount had just taken place. On my arrival the. haemorrhage had newly ..."
2. Passages from the French and Italian Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1871)
"ings, the airy gusli of fountains, marble statues, dimly visible in recesses of
foliage, great urns and vases, terminal figures, ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Among the Russians, the gusli is an instrument of a different type, ... In the
gusli the strings, of graduated length, arc attached to little nails or pins ..."
4. The Heart of the Balkans by Demetra Vaka (1917)
"4We were also invited to many song parties, where the gusli, the national ...
The gusli is as primitive as the Montenegrin, and like him it is poverty- ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Among the Russians, the gusli is an instrument of a different type, ... In the
gusli the strings, of graduated length, arc attached to little nails or pins ..."
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