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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 [ˈfiːvə]; Scots: Fife) is a council area, historic county, registration county and...
- The Fédération Internationale Féline (FIFé) (International Feline Federation) is a federation of cat registries. There are currently forty-two member organizations...
- 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...
- 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...
- Dane Fife (born July 26, 1979) is an American former college basketball player and ****istant coach. Fife is the former head coach of the Indiana University–Purdue...
- 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...
- Fifers are military personnel whose specialism is playing the fife. The occupation emerged during the early modern era, when contemporary military tactics...
- "Barney" Fife is a fictional character in the American television program The Andy Griffith Show, portra**** by comic actor Don Knotts. Barney Fife is a deputy...
- Kirkcaldy; Scottish Gaelic: Cair Chaladain) is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It is about 11+1⁄2 miles (19 kilometres)...
- 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...