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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Fife

/(fīf)/ · IPA /ˈfaɪf/
01 n. A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music.
  1. 1.
    A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music.(Mus.)
Phrases & compounds
Fife major — a noncommissioned officer who superintends the fifers of a regiment.
Fife rail — A rail about the mast, at the deck, to hold belaying pins, etc.
02 v. i. To play on a fife.
imp. & p. p. Fifed; p. pr. & vb. n. fifing
  1. 1.
    To play on a fife.