Fiferail

(Naut.) A rail around the mast of a ship, ir. which the belaying-pins are ranged, and where the loose cordage belonging to the rigging of that mast is coisd. Fife, or Fifes hire, a maritime co. of Scotland, consisting of the peninsula lying between the Frith of Forth on the S., the German Ocean on the E., and the Frith of Tay on the N.; having W. the cos. of Perth, Kinro , and Clack man non. Area, 513 sq. m. Desc . This is one of the best situated and most beautiful of the Scottish counties, exhibiting every variety of surface and soil, from the mountain to the level plain, and from mo and gravel to the finest loams. Rivers . Eden and Leven. Prod. Cereal crops. The Fife breed of cattle are well known and highly esteemed. Min . Copper, iron, coal, lime, . Manuf . Linens. Prin . towns . Cupar (the cap.), Dun ferm line, Kirkaldy, and St. Andrews. Pop . 170,247. Fife'-Ne , a cape on the E. coast of Scotland, co. Fife, projecting into the North Sea, in Lat. 56° 17′ N., and Lon. 2° 36′ W. Beyond it is the dangerous reef, known as the Carr Rocks , extending for some distance into the sea. Fife's, in Virginia , a post-office of Goochland co. Fifteen, a . [A. S. fiftene, fiftyne - fif , five, and tyn , ten; Ger. fünfzehn.) Five and ten added together. -n. The sum of five and ten; the symbol that is used to represent this sum, as 15, or XV.