polythoren.
Misreading of polyphone n. 1 (see quot. a1684 at polyphone n. 1 for corrected reading).The misreading first occurred in William Bray's 1818 edition of Evelyn's Diaries, and was reproduced in later editions and reprints until the late 19th cent. In subsequent transcriptions the word was corrected to polyphone.
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polyphone1655
polythore1661
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oud1738
chitarrone1740
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1661 J. Evelyn Diary 9 Aug. (1818) I. 326 He plaid to me likewise on the polythore, an instrument having something of the harp, lute, theorbo, &c.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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