Fife
(Fife), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fifed ; p. pr. & vb. n. fifing.] To play on a fife.
Fifer
(Fif"er) n. One who plays on a fife.
Fifteen
(Fif"teen`) a. [OE. fiftene, AS. fiftyne, fiftene. See Five, and Ten, and cf. Fifty.] Five and
ten; one more than fourteen.
Fifteen
(Fif"teen`), n.
1. The sum of five and ten; fifteen units or objects.
2. A symbol representing fifteen units, as 15, or xv.
Fifteenth
(Fif"teenth`) a. [OE. fiftenthe; cf. fiftethe, AS. fifteoða. See Fifteen.]
1. Next in order after the fourteenth; — the ordinal of fifteen.
2. Consisting of one of fifteen equal parts or divisions of a thing.
Fifteenth
(Fif"teenth`), n.
1. One of fifteen equal parts or divisions; the quotient of a unit divided by fifteen.
2. A species of tax upon personal property formerly laid on towns, boroughs, etc., in England, being
one fifteenth part of what the personal property in each town, etc., had been valued at. Burrill.
3. (Mus.) (a) A stop in an organ tuned two octaves above the diaposon. (b) An interval consisting of
two octaves.
Fifth
(Fifth) a. [OE. fifte, fifthe, AS. fifta. See Five.]
1. Next in order after the fourth; — the ordinal of five.
2. Consisting of one of five equal divisions of a thing.
Fifth monarchy men (Hist.), a fanatical sect in England, of the time of the commonwealth, who maintained
that there would be a fifth universal monarchy, during which Christ would reign on earth a thousand
years. — Fifth wheel, a horizontal wheel or segment above the fore axle of a carriage and beneath
the body, forming an extended support to prevent careening.
Fifth
(Fifth) n.
1. The quotient of a unit divided by five; one of five equal parts; a fifth part.
2. (Mus.) The interval of three tones and a semitone, embracing five diatonic degrees of the scale; the
dominant of any key.
Fifthly
(Fifth"ly), adv. In the fifth place; as the fifth in order.
Fiftieth
(Fif"ti*eth) a. [AS. fiftigoða. See Fifty.]
1. Next in order after the forty-ninth; — the ordinal of fifty.
