FIFE
Fife, n. Etym: [F. fifre, OHG. pfifa, LL. pipa pipe, pipare to play
on the pipe, fr. L. pipire, pipare, to peep, pip, chirp, as a chiken.
See Pipe.] (Mus.)
Defn: 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.
FIFE
Fife, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fifed; p. pr. & vb. n. fifing.]
Defn: To play on a fife.
FIFER
Fif"er, n.
Defn: One who plays on a fife.
FIFTEEN Fif"teen`, a. Etym: [OE. fiftene, AS. fift, fift. See Five, and Ten, and cf. Fifty.]
Defn: Five and ten; one more than fourteen.
FIFTEEN
Fif"teen`, n.
1. The sum of five and ten; fifteen units or objects.