A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Phifer, Phipher, n. Also: fifre. [F. fifre a fife, also a fifer (15th c. in Littré). Cf. e.m.E. fifer = Pifer n. 1.] A fife. = Pifer n. 2. —1581-1623 James VI Poems I. 13/7.
Phifers drummes and trumpets cleir Ib. 251/454 (see Pifer n. 2).
Fifre 1587-99 Hume 54/55.
Shouting shalms and persing phiphers shill
