zither
zi dher
- n a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers
- He began seriously to study the zither, laid a good musical foundation.
- Bowlegged Charlie Grimm (Cubs) paints por- traits, plays a $450 banjo, also the zither the xylophone.
- For most of British history, Englishmen have been able to take zither musicor leave it to the Tyrolese.