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Webster 1913 Edition
Guitar
Gui-tar′
,Noun.
[F.
guitare
; cf. Pr., Sp., & Pg.guitarra
, It. chitarra
; all fr. Gr. [GREEK]; cf. L. cithara
. Cf. Cittern
, Gittern
.] A stringed instrument of music resembling the lute or the violin, but larger, and having six strings, three of silk covered with silver wire, and three of catgut, – played upon with the fingers.
Webster 1828 Edition
Guitar
GUIT`AR
,Noun.