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GUISE

Volume 2 · 70 words · 1771 Edition

town of France, in the province of Picardy, situated on the river Oyse: E. long 3° 36', and N. lat. 49° 55'.

Guitar, Guitarra, a musical instrument of the string kind, with five double rows of strings, of which those that are bass are in the middle, unless it be for the burden, an octave lower than the fourth.

This instrument was first used in Spain, and by the Italians.