fife

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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
from The 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]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fife \Fife\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fifed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {fifing}.]
   To play on a fife.
   [1913 Webster]
from 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
from U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
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
from 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
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