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dulcimer
n.
stringed musical instrument played with the hands
Dulcimer
A
dulcimer is a kind of stringed musical instrument. Among its types are:
- Hammered dulcimer, free-standing, trapezoidal, with horizontal strings struck by handheld "hammers"
- Fretted, generally played on the lap by plucking, i.e.
Appalachian dulcimers:
Other:
dulcimer
Noun
1. a stringed instrument used in American folk music; an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings
(hypernym) stringed instrument
2. a trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers
(hypernym) zither, cither, zithern
dulcimer
nm.
dulcimer, stringed musical instrument played with the hands
Dulcimer
(n.)
An instrument, having stretched metallic wires which are beaten with two light hammers held in the hands of the performer.
(n.)
An ancient musical instrument in use among the Jews. Dan. iii. 5. It is supposed to be the same with the psaltery.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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