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Dulcimer

Dulcimer Meaning & Definition
Dulcimer Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dulcimer?

[n] a trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers
[n] a stringed instrument used in American folk music; an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings

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See Also | cither | stringed instrument | zither | zithern

Dulcimer In Webster's Dictionary

\Dul"ci*mer\, n. [It. dolcemele,r Sp. dulcemele, fr. L. dulcis sweet + melos song, melody, Gr. ?; cf. OF. doulcemele. See {Dulcet}, and {Melody}.] (Mus.) (a) An instrument, having stretched metallic wires which are beaten with two light hammers held in the hands of the performer. (b) An ancient musical instrument in use among the Jews. --Dan. iii. 5. It is supposed to be the same with the psaltery.

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