FIFES

Noun

fifes

plural of fife

Anagrams

• fiefs

Source: Wiktionary


FIFE

Fife, n. Etym: [F. fifre, OHG. pfifa, LL. pipa pipe, pipare to play on the pipe, fr. L. pipire, pipare, to peep, pip, chirp, as a chiken. See Pipe.] (Mus.)

Definition: 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, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fifed; p. pr. & vb. n. fifing.]

Definition: To play on a fife.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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