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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1628-1677
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Siter, Sceether, n. (17th c. Eng. cyther (1606), F. cithare (14th c. in Wartburg), L. cithara a stringed instrument, a cithara or cither. Cf. Siterinn. and Citharist n.) — 1628–9 Edinb. B. Rec. in Mill Mediæval Plays 210.
For tackettis and wyre to the sceether 1677 Thanes of Cawdor 338.
I do not fancy the viol de gamboe, the siter or kittarr is mor proper
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