Fife : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Fife	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Fife
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fife \Fife\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fifed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {fifing}.] To play on a fife.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fife \Fife\, n. [F. fifre, OHG. pf[c6]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.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
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