zither

zither englannista suomeksi

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zither englanniksi

1. A instrument consisting of a flat box with numerous strings placed on a horizontal surface, played with a plectrum or fingertips.

2. Related or similar instruments in other cultures, as the Chinese ''guqin'' or Norwegian ''harpeleik''; especially any chordophone without a neck, and with strings that pass over the body.

3. To play a zither.

4. {{quote-book|en|year=1892|author=Edmund Gosse|title=The Secret of Narcisse|location=New York|publisher=United States Book Company|chapter=3|pages=100,102|url=https://archive.org/details/secretofnarcisse00goss

5. {{quote-book|en|year=1906|author=William John Locke|title=The Belovéd Vagabond|location=New York|publisher=John Lane|year_published=1911|chapter=9|pages=120–121|url=https://archive.org/details/belovedvagabond00lockgoog

6. 1999, Richard Hacken (translator), “Mary in Misery” by (w) in ''Into the Sunset: Anthology of Nineteenth-Century Austrian Prose'', Riverside, CA: Ariadne Press, pp. 413-414,https://archive.org/details/intosunset00rich

We traveled far and wide: he played the zither while I sang an accompaniment. (..) He keeps zithering, and I sing like before, and before long we’ve put together a pretty good pile of money . . .

7. To make a sound similar to that made by a zither; to move while making such a sound.

8. (circa), May Ostlere, ''Dead!'' London: Trischler, Chapter 3, p. 76,https://archive.org/details/deadbythehand00ostliala

Now wind swithered through the badly-fixed windows, making zithering sounds as of an army of cold and frozen-out mosquitoes (..)

9. {{quote-text|en|year=1956|author=Gerald Durrell|title=My Family and Other Animals|publisher=Penguin|year_published=2000|section=Part Two, Chapter 10, p. 123|url=https://archive.org/details/myfamilyotherani00gera_0

10. {{quote-text|en|year=1985|author=Kim Chapin|title=Dogwood Afternoons|url=https://archive.org/details/dogwoodafternoon00chap|chapter=19|page=178|publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux|location=New York

11. {{quote-text|en|year=1996|author=Carl Huberman|title=Eminent Domain|url=https://archive.org/details/eminentdomain00carl|chapter=38|page=328|publisher=Macmillan|location=London

12. {{quote-book|en|year=2004|author=Matt Braun|title=Black Gold|location=New York|publisher=St Martin’s Paperbacks|chapter=15|page=158|url=https://archive.org/details/blackgold00brau