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psaltery n. 古代弦乐器 古代弦乐器 psaltery n 1: an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the stringsPsaltery \ Psal" ter* y\, n.; pl. { Psalteries}. [ OE. sautrie, OF. psalterie, F. psalt[' e] rion, L. psalterium psaltery, psalter, from Gr. ?, fr. ?. See { Psalm}, { Psalter}.] A stringed instrument of music used by the Hebrews, the form of which is not known. [ 1913 Webster] Praise the Lord with harp; sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. -- Ps. xxxiii. 2. [ 1913 Webster] Psaltery a musical instrument, supposed to have been a kind of lyre, or a harp with twelve strings. The Hebrew word nebhel, so rendered, is translated " viol" in Isa. 5: 12 ( R. V., " lute"); 14: 11. In Dan. 3: 5, 7, 10, 15, the word thus rendered is Chaldaic, pesanterin, which is supposed to be a word of Greek origin denoting an instrument of the harp kind.
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