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[ noun ]
the railing surrounding the mast of a sailing vessel
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Fife \Fife\ (f[imac]f), n. [F. fifre, OHG. pf[=i]fa, LL. pipa
pipe, pipare to play on the pipe, fr. L. pipire, pipare, to
peep, pip, chirp, as a chiken. See {Pipe}.] (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.

Pin \Pin\, n. [OE. pinne, AS. pinn a pin, peg; cf. D. pin, G.
pinne, Icel. pinni, W. pin, Gael. & Ir. pinne; all fr. L.
pinna a pinnacle, pin, feather, perhaps orig. a different
word from pinna feather. Cf. {Fin} of a fish, {Pen} a
feather.]
1. A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used
for fastening separate articles together, or as a support
by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg;
a bolt.

With pins of adamant
And chains they made all fast. --Milton.

2. Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or
other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening
clothes, attaching papers, etc.

3. Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle.

He . . . did not care a pin for her. --Spectator.

4. That which resembles a pin in its form or use; as:
(a) A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or
relaxing the tension of the strings.
(b) A linchpin.
(c) A rolling-pin.
(d) A clothespin.
(e) (Mach.) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a
part of which serves as a journal. See Illust. of
{Knuckle joint}, under {Knuckle}.
(f) (Joinery) The tenon of a dovetail joint.

5. One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking
cup to mark how much each man should drink.

6. The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center.
[Obs.] ``The very pin of his heart cleft.'' --Shak.

7. Mood; humor. [Obs.] ``In merry pin.'' --Cowper.

8. (Med.) Caligo. See {Caligo}. --Shak.

9. An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the
clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin.

10. The leg; as, to knock one off his pins. [Slang]

{Banking pin} (Horol.), a pin against which a lever strikes,
to limit its motion.

{Pin drill} (Mech.), a drill with a central pin or projection
to enter a hole, for enlarging the hole, or for sinking a
recess for the head of a bolt, etc.; a counterbore.

{Pin grass}. (Bot.) See {Alfilaria}.

{Pin hole}, a small hole made by a pin; hence, any very small
aperture or perforation.

{Pin lock}, a lock having a cylindrical bolt; a lock in which
pins, arranged by the key, are used instead of tumblers.


{Pin money}, an allowance of money, as that made by a husband
to his wife, for private and personal expenditure.

{Pin rail} (Naut.), a rail, usually within the bulwarks, to
hold belaying pins. Sometimes applied to the {fife rail}.
Called also {pin rack}.

{Pin wheel}.
(a) A contrate wheel in which the cogs are cylindrical
pins.
(b) (Fireworks) A small coil which revolves on a common
pin and makes a wheel of yellow or colored fire.