Associations to the word «Fife»

Wiktionary

FIFE, noun. A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music
FIFE, verb. To play this instrument.
FIFE, 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.

Dictionary definition

FIFE, noun. A small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo; has a shrill tone and is used chiefly to accompany drums in a marching band.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats