Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Psaltery (psalteries)
psaltery (psalteries), n. [OFr < L. < Gk ψαλτήριον.]
Lyre; harp; zither; Aeolian wind instrument; triangular frame of wood with strings that produce music when fingers strum them (see Psalms 81:2); [fig.] birdsong; sound of the wind passing through trees.
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