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Mil.: That branch or department of the army whose duty it was formerly to keep the Artillery fully supplied with ammunition, and the Engineers with stores, for which purpose depots were established at convenient places between the front and the base of operations. fiend, *fend, *fende, *feond, feonde, *feont, *veond, s. [A. S. feónd , fiónd =a hater, an enemy, properly the pr. par. of feógan =to hate; cogn. with Dut. vijand ; Dan. & Sw. fiende an enemy; Icel. fjándi , pr. par. of fjá =to hate; Goth. fijands , pr. par. of jijan to hate; Ger. feind ( Skeat ).] *1. An enemy. 2. A demon, a devil, an infernal being; with the definite article, Satan, the devil, the arch-enemy of mankind. "Come fiend , come fury, giant, monster, blast From earth or hell, we can but plunge at last." Cowper : Needle Alarm. 3. A person of demoniacal, devilish, or fiendish qualities or disposition. fiend'-fül, a . [English fiend ; ful (l).] Full of fiendish, devilish, or malignant nature. "Regard his hellish fall, Whose fiendful fortune may exhort the wise Only to wonder at unlawful things." Marlowe: Dr. Faustus , v. (Chorus.) fiend-fül-ly, adv . [Eng. fiendful ; -ly.] In a 1. Base Ball and Cricket : To act as a fielder. 2. Racing : To back the field against the favorite. fiendish manner; fiendishly. fiend-Ish-lỹ, adv . [Eng. fiendish ; -ly.] In a diabolically. That we with smoking swords may march from hence, fiendish or devilish manner; like a fiend; infernally, To help our fielded friends." Shakesp.: Coriolanus , i. 4. "Not yet the hawthorn bore her berries red, With which the fieldfare , wintry guest, is fed." Cowper: Needle Alarm. IMG:content-1600.png:[blocks in formation] "In fierce extremes-in good and ill." Byron : Mazeppa , v. *11. Proud, haughty. "He is fierce and cannot brook hard language." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt . 11. , iv. 9. B. As adv .: Fiercely, furiously, violently, vehe- mently. "The midday sun fierce beat against their faces." Shakesp.: Henry VI ., Pt . I. , 1. 1. For the difference between fierce and ferocious , see FEROCIOUS. *fierce-flaming, a . Burning with a fierce flame; darting out fierce looks. "His eyes fierce - flaming o'er the trophy roll." Pitt : Virgil's Æneid xii. Of a fierce mind or disposi- IMG:content-1601.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1602.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Ferocious, cruel, violent, furious, impetuous. "Thou ferse God of armes, Mars the rede." "The ships, though so great, are driven of fierce winds; yet are they turned about with a very small helm."- James iii. 4. 3. Savage, ferocious, easily roused or enraged. "Poetry disarms The fiercest animals with magic charms." Cowper : Ketirement , 253, 254. 4. Indicating or full of fiercene or ferocity; as, fierce language, fierce looks, a fierce attack. "A king of fierce countenance."- Daniel viii. 23. 5. Violent, vehement, exce ive. "Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel."- Genesis xlix. 7. *6. Vehement, ardent, fiery, eager. IMG:content-1603.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1604.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1605.png:[blocks in formation] Нот. Chaucer: C. Т. , 1,566. For the difference between fiery and hot , see fiery-chamber, 8. Fr. Hist .: The rendering of the appellation Chambre Ardente given to a French tribunal instituted by Francis I., in A. D. 1535, for the punishment of heresy. It continued about a century and a half. fiery-cro , s . (Sce extract.) "When a chieftain designed to summon his clan upon any sudden or important emergency, he slew a goat and, making a cro of any light wood, seared its extremities in the fire, and extinguished them in the blood of the animal. This was called the Fiery -cro , also Creau Tarigh , or the Cro of Shame, because disobedience to what the symbol implied inferred infamy. It was delivered to a swift and trusty me enger, who ran full speed with it to the next hamlet, where he presented it to the principal person, with a single word, implying the place of rendezvous. He who received the symbol was bound to send it forward, with equal despatch, to the next village; and thus it pa ed with incredible celerity through all the district which owed allegiance to the chief, and also among his allies and neighbors, if the danger was common to them. At sight of the Fiery-cro , everyman, from sixteen years old to sixty, capable of bearing arms, was obliged instantly to repair, in his best arms and accoutrements, to the place of rendezvous. He who failed to appear, suffered the extremities of fire and sword, which were emblematically denounced to the disobedient by the bloody and burnt marks upon the warlike signal." -Scott: Lady of the Lake , iii. 1. (Note.) IMG:content-1606.png:[blocks in formation] Music : 1. A small pipe used as a musical instrument; its compa is two octaves from D on the fourth line of the treble clef. In the British Army and Navy, fifes and drums are supplied at the public expense; and the establishment of a regiment of cavalry or a battalion of infantry comprises a certain number of bandsmen, besides buglers, fifers, and drummers. Although of ancient use in England for military purposes, it was discontinued in the reign of James I., restored until siege of Maestricht in and wait res in the orchestra is called Flauto piccolo (q. v.). "He roused the trumpet and the martial fife ." Thomson: Castle of Indolence , ii. 13. 2. An organ-stop; a piccolo, generally of two feet in length. ( Stainer & Barrett .) *fife-major, s. fife-rail, s. 1822 Naut .: A banister on the break of a poop or around the mast of a ve el.