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单词 gittern
例句 gittern
He ducks under his table, picks up a gittern—or maybe it's a lute, I can never tell the difference—and plucks a few notes. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z
Whereas the interpolated chapter ii. is concerned with instruments—the gittern and citole—whose tones are alterable in pitch by “stopping,” i.e., altering the length of the vibrating part of the string.  Springtime and Other Essays
"Play, play, nevertheless," said the young landlady, handing Robin at the same time a measure of fine ale; then stooping as if to untie the knot that fastened the gittern, she whispered in his ear. The Buccaneer A Tale
"Nay, my lord, rather let me try the gittern," she said. Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times
It was the practice, as we have said, when a customer was waiting for his turn in a barber's shop to pass his time playing on the gittern. At the Sign of the Barber's Pole Studies In Hirsute History
He hung the gittern upon its peg, then went across to the Admiral and put both hands upon his shoulders. Sir Mortimer
I can only suppose that the author considers that the fact of the gittern and citole being sounded by plucking the strings, brings these instruments into alliance with the harp.  Springtime and Other Essays
"Get your currycomb, and we'll make a wager of it," replied Robin, unslinging his gittern, while some of the old sailors crowded round the challenger, and voted it a fair challenge. The Buccaneer A Tale
There was a flute, a viol, a gittern, a fiddle, and a drum; and behind the curtain, just outside the door, Nick could hear the master-player's low voice giving hasty orders to the others. Master Skylark
He could let blood, cut hair, and shave, could dance, and play either on the ribible or the gittern. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook
Ferne, with a slight laugh, stooped to pick up the fallen gittern. Sir Mortimer
The guitar, which may be considered a descendant of the gittern, is said to have completely eclipsed its ancestor in the seventeenth century.  Springtime and Other Essays
As he resumed his journey, he might have been taken for a gipsy minstrel, for suspended round his neck was a small cracked gittern, retaining only two strings. The Buccaneer A Tale
A viol overhead took up the time, the gittern struck a few sharp notes. Master Skylark
Dost thou not see that for pleasure four several things combine,      Instruments four, harp, hautboy and gittern and psaltery? The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I
In his hands was a gittern which had been hanging on the wall above him, and he played upon it, softly, a sweet and plaintive air. Sir Mortimer
Mr Galpin places the citole in the same class as the gittern Springtime and Other Essays
But in the morning at breakfast there was a gittern at Nick's place--a rare old yellow gittern, with silver scrolls about the tail-piece, ivory pegs, and a head that ended in an angel's face. Master Skylark
Rising abruptly as he spoke, he clapped his hat upon his head and left the room, Nick standing there beside the table, staring after him, with the gittern in his hands. Master Skylark
At the end of the arbor some one was strumming upon a gittern. Master Skylark
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