manđolan, mandoline

[Fr. mandoline, mandole, mandore, from Ital. mandola, mandora.] Music: An Italian fretted guitar, so called from its almond shape. There are several varieties, each with IMG:content-0892.png:[blocks in formation] strings tuned G, C, A, D, E. A plectrum is used in the right hand, and the left is employed in stopping the strings. It is written on the G clef. In the Neapolitan mandolin the E strings are of cat gut, the A strings of steel, the D strings of copper, and the G strings of catgut covered with copper wire. The compa is about three octaves. *măn-đôm, s. [Eng. man; dom .] The state of being a man; manhood; men collectively. ( E. B. Browning.)