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Definition of Fife

Fife
Fife Fife, n. [F. fifre, OHG. pf[=i]fa, LL. pipa pipe, pipare to play on the pipe, fr. L. pipire, pipare, to peep, pip, chirp, as a chiken. See Pipe.] (Mus.) A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music. Fife major (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer who superintends the fifers of a regiment. Fife rail. (Naut.) (a) A rail about the mast, at the deck, to hold belaying pins, etc. (b) A railing around the break of a poop deck.
Fife
Fife Fife, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fifed; p. pr. & vb. n. fifing.] To play on a fife.

Meaning of Fife from wikipedia

- Fife (/faɪf/ FYFE, Scottish English: [fɐi̯f]; Scottish Gaelic: Fìobha, IPA: [fiːvə]; Scots: Fife) is a council area, historic county, registration county...
- The Fédération Internationale Féline (FIFé) (International Feline Federation) is a federation of cat registries. There are currently forty-two member organizations...
- A fifer is a non-combatant military occupation of a foot soldier who originally pla**** the fife during combat. The practice was instituted during the...
- is often used in fife and drum corps, military units, and marching bands. Someone who plays the fife is called a fifer. The word fife comes from the German...
- The Fifer or Young Flautist is a painting by French painter Édouard Manet, made in 1866. It is usually kept in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris. On a trip to...
- Duchess of Fife is typically the wife of the Duke of Fife, an extant title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom which has been created twice, in both cases...
- Duke of Fife is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom that has been created twice, in both cases for Alexander Duff, 1st Earl of Fife. In 1889,...
- to the piccolo Fife, Texas, U.S. Fife, Virginia, U.S. Fife, Washington Fife Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada Fife Lake, Michigan, U.S. Fife Street, A street...
- Fife Lake can refer to: Fife Lake, Michigan, a village in Michigan, United States Fife Lake (Michigan), a lake in Michigan, United States Fife Lake Township...
- John Fife (born 1940) is a human rights activist and retired Presbyterian minister who lives in Tucson, Arizona. He was a member of the Sanctuary Movement...