barbitonbarbitosn.
/ˈbɑːbɪtən//ˈbɑːbɪtəs/ A many-stringed musical instrument; a kind of lyre or lute.
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1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 9v All maner of pypes, barbitons, sambukes..be condemned of Aristotle.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. The barbitos is said to have differed from the lyre and cithara.
1842 E. Bulwer-Lytton Zanoni I. i. 10 His barbiton, as the learned Mersennus teaches us to call all the varieties of the great viol family.
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