| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb fife.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (fife) | 1. To play on a fife.[Websters]. 2. Base verb from the following inflections: fifing, fifed, fifes, fifer, fifers, fifingly and fifedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "FIFING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1889. (references) |
Specialty Definition: fife
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] A small pipe, used as a wind instrument, chiefly in martial music with drums.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Aerospace | First ISLSCP Field Experiment. (references) | ||
| Antiquities | Fife. See Tibia. (references) | ||
| Dream Interpretation | 1: To dream of hearing a fife, denotes that there will be an unexpected call on you to defend your honor, or that of some person near to you. 2: To dream that you play one yourself, indicates that whatever else may be said of you, your reputation will remain intact. If a woman has this dream, she will have a soldier husband. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... | ||
| Geography | 1: Fife is geographically located in South Africa. Its features include a farm (a tract of land with associated buildings devoted to agriculture), and a farmstead (the buildings and adjacent service areas of a farm). Its geographic coordinates are 24.216667 degrees South latitude and 31.25 degrees East longitude. (references) | 2: Fife is geographically located in United Kingdom. Its features include a first-order administrative division (a primary administrative division of a country, such as a state in the United States), and a second-order administrative division (a subdivision of a first-order administrative division). Its geographic coordinates are 56.25 degrees North latitude and 3.166667 degrees West longitude. (references) | 3: Fife is geographically located in Zambia. Its features include a populated place (a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work). Its geographic coordinates are 9.316667 degrees South latitude and 32.8 degrees East longitude. (references) |
| Library Science | A small transverse (side-blown) flute, used in America in the fife and drum corps that historically accompanied local militias. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music. (references) | 2: [Proper noun] A traditional county of Scotland now a Unitary Authority, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with landward boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire. (references) | |
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Common Expressions: fife
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife | The Most Noble Alexander William George Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, (10 November 1840 - 12 January 1912) was a Scottish peer who married Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife, the third child and eldest daughter of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom and Queen Alexandra. (references) | ||
| Ancient Fife and Drum Corps | The drums are beaten using two sticks. Visual effects may be created by flourishes of the drum sticks; for example, bass drummers may wave the sticks about in a flourish while the snare drummers roll (or when the beating leaves sufficient time to flourish). (references) | ||
| Central Fife (UK Parliament constituency) | Central Fife was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from February 1974 until 2005, when it was largely replaced by the new Glenrothes constituency. (references) | ||
| Duke of Fife | Duke of Fife is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, named after Fife in Scotland. There have been two creations of the title, the first in 1887 and the second in 1900, both in favor of Sir Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife in the Peerage of Ireland and 1st Earl of Fife in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The 1st Duke of Fife was the husband of Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife, the third child and eldest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. (references) | ||
| Dunfermline and West Fife (UK Parliament constituency) | Dunfermline and West Fife is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 2005 general election from all of the old Dunfermline West and parts of the old Dunfermline East constituencies. (references) | ||
| East Fife F.C. | East Fife F.C. is a Scottish football team currently playing in the Scottish Football League. They were founded in 1903. They have a distinguished history being the first club to win the Scottish League Cup three times and the only club to win the Scottish Cup when not in the top division. (references) | ||
| Ethelred, Earl of Fife | Mormaer (or earl) Aedh (or Beth) (d.1120), sometimes known as Ethelred, was the 1st Earl of Fife. He lived in the late 11th and early 12th centuries. He is often purported to be one of the sons of Margaret of Scotland and Malcolm III. However, some doubt that he was of royal parentage, claiming that he was only named after Malcolm and received the title Earl of Fife or Mormaer of Fife for meritorious service. He was probably in fact of the Clan MacDuff, which ruled Fife until the end of the 14th century. (references) | ||
| Falkland, Fife | Falkland is a burgh in Fife, Scotland at the foot of the Lomond Hills. The conservation village is best known as the location of Falkland Palace, begun in 1500 by James IV, and the best example of French-influenced Renaissance architecture in the United Kingdom. The palace was built to accommodate the Court when they came to Falkland to hunt in the nearby forests and Mary Queen of Scots was a frequent visitor. (references) | ||
| Fife (musical instrument) | A fife is a small, high-pitched, transverse flute that is similar to the piccolo, but louder and shriller due to its narrower bore. The fife originated in medieval Europe and is often used in military and marching bands. Someone who plays the fife is called a fifer. The word fife comes from the German Pfeife, or pipe, ultimately derived from the Latin word pipare. (references) | ||
| Fife (UK Parliament constituency) | Fife was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 until 1885, when it was divided into Fife East and Fife West. (references) | ||
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