About The Word Fife
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Fife
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What's The Definition Of Fife?
[n] a small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo; has a shrill tone and is used chiefly to accompany drums in a marching band
Synonyms | Synonyms for Fife: Related Terms | Find terms related to Fife: 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 | English horn | fipple flute | flageolet | flute | hautboy | heckelphone | hornpipe | licorice stick | lip | musette | oaten reed | oboe | oboe da caccia | ocarina | Pandean pipe | 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 See Also | flute | transverse flute Fife In Webster's Dictionary \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\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fifed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {fifing}.] To play on a fife. |
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