fife

5 definitions found

fife - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fife \Fife\ (f[imac]f), n. [F. fifre, OHG. pf[imac]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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
         [1913 Webster]

  Fife \Fife\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fifed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     fifing.]
     To play on a fife.
     [1913 Webster]

fife - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  fife
      n 1: a small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo; has a
           shrill tone and is used chiefly to accompany drums in a
           marching band

fife - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Fife, TX
    Zip code(s): 76825
  Fife, WA (city, FIPS 23795)
    Location: 47.23995 N, 122.36136 W
    Population (1990): 3864 (2152 housing units)
    Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 98424

fife - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  67 Moby Thesaurus words for "fife":
     English horn, Pandean pipe, aulos, bagpipe, basset horn,
     basset oboe, bassoon, blow, blow a horn, bombard, bugle, carillon,
     clarinet, clarion, contrabassoon, contrafagotto, cromorne, doodle,
     double bassoon, double reed, double-tongue, fipple flute,
     flageolet, flute, hautboy, heckelphone, hornpipe, licorice stick,
     lip, musette, oaten reed, oboe, oboe da caccia, ocarina, panpipe,
     penny-whistle, piccolo, pipe, pommer, recorder, reed,
     reed instrument, sax, saxophone, shawm, single reed,
     single-reed instrument, sonorophone, sound, sweet potato, syrinx,
     tabor pipe, tenoroon, tin-whistle, tongue, toot, tootle,
     triple-tongue, trumpet, tweedle, whistle, wind, wind the horn,
     woods, woodwind, woodwind choir, woodwind instrument