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Definition of Citterns
1. cittern [n] - See also: cittern
Lexicographical Neighbors of Citterns
Literary usage of Citterns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels, Or, Observations Relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant by Thomas Shaw (1757)
"... one fragment left us either of the ancient walls, pillars, or citterns of the
Romans : the few remaining ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1789)
"... in which water citterns are growing into general ufe, ... The materials of
water citterns in this ..."
3. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1800)
"... of water of the Alexandrians into the citterns, the arches of which ...
When the citterns were full, ... to reach the citterns, which were ..."
4. Arithmetick Both in the Theory and Practice: Made Plain and Easie, ... as by John Hill (1716)
"... If .15 : i : : i : Facit 4 citterns, ' idly, If .5 : i : : r : Facit г ...
1.333 citterns. с. я. с. Then fay, If7'333 : i :: i 7-333 * 7-333,) i.oooo ..."
5. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1873)
"Some of them no doubt deserve to die; the mandolins, and little citterns, for
not making noise enough in such a world a« this, and the lute and viola di ..."
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