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 Fife n.  Mus. 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.