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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_121492" /> == | |||
<p> A maritime county in the E. of Scotland, which juts out into the German Ocean and is washed by the Firths of Tay and [[Forth]] on its N. and S. shores respectively, thus forming a small peninsula; has for the most part a broken and hilly surface, extensively cultivated however, while the "How of Fife," watered by the Eden, is a fertile valley, richly wooded; and valuable coal deposits are worked in the S. and W.; its long coast-line is studded with picturesque towns, many of them of ancient date, a circumstance which led James VI. to describe the county as "a beggar's mantle fringed with gold"; it is associated with much that is memorable in Scottish history. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To play on a fife. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_73346" /> == | |||
<p> A maritime county in the E. of Scotland, which juts out into the German Ocean and is washed by the Firths of [[Tay]] and [[Forth]] on its N. and S. shores respectively, thus forming a small peninsula; has for the most part a broken and hilly surface, extensively cultivated however, while the "How of Fife," watered by the Eden, is a fertile valley, richly wooded; and valuable coal deposits are worked in the S. and W.; its long coast-line is studded with picturesque towns, many of them of ancient date, a circumstance which led James VI. to describe the county as "a beggar's mantle fringed with gold"; it is associated with much that is memorable in Scottish history. </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_121492"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/fife Fife from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_73346"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/fife Fife from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_73346"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/fife Fife from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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