A long-necked lute of the Near East and Balkans, with a pear-shaped body and a fretted neck. Cf. pandora, n.2, tamburitza, n.

A large instrument of the lute family, popular in the 16th and 17th centuries, having from six to nine pairs of metal strings played with a plectrum…

A large variety of lute having two sets of tuning pegs and a neck extended in both length and width to hold additional bass strings.

A stringed instrument of the lute family (see quots.). Obsolete exc. Historical.

A musical instrument having a large number of wire strings and resembling a lute. Cf. poliphant, n. Obsolete.

Misreading of polyphone, n. 1 (see quot. 1684 at polyphone, n. 1 for corrected reading).

A musical instrument having a large number of wire strings and resembling a lute; = polyphone, n. 1.

The ‘double lute’, invented by Thomas Mace in 1672.

(See quot.)

A musical instrument of the lute family, played principally in Arab countries.

A theorbo, or double-necked lute, of great length.

A Graeco-Roman stringed instrument of the lute type, having a small body, a long thick neck, and usually three strings, which has survived in…

Any of several aquatic South American toads constituting the genus Pipa (family Pipidae), having a flat body and long webbed feet, the female of…

A Chinese lute with four strings and a flat, circular body.

A long-necked fretless instrument of the lute family with a round body and usually four wire strings plucked by the fingers, and used to provide a…

A stringed instrument similar to the tamboura, found in Turkey, North Africa, and the Near East.

A Spanish lute.

A large instrument of the lute family: = orpharion, n.

= theorbo, n.