rare. Also kittar. [Arab qītār, a. Gr. κιθάρα CITHARA.] A guitar or lyre.
c. 1640. Shirley, Capt. Underwit, I. in Bullen, O. Pl. (1883), II. 330. I can play well o’ the kittar.
1817. Moore, Lalla R., Parad. & Peri, Introd. Striking a few careless but melancholy chords on his kitar.
