6 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Fife \Fife\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fifed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {fifing}.] To play on a fife. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 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 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 From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]: Fife, WA -- U.S. city in Washington Population (2000): 4784 Housing Units (2000): 2232 Land area (2000): 5.564485 sq. miles (14.411949 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.094154 sq. miles (0.243858 sq. km) Total area (2000): 5.658639 sq. miles (14.655807 sq. km) FIPS code: 23795 Located within: Washington (WA), FIPS 53 Location: 47.234439 N, 122.359690 W ZIP Codes (1990): 98424 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Fife, WA Fife
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