fifed

Unlike the buccaneers, who had fired high to cripple their enemies above decks, the French fifed low to smash the hull of their assailant.

Captain Blood Rafael Sabatini 1912

Also the axe was fifed up on many a proud oak and beech and maple.

Oldtown Folks 1869

Brockridge's little finger; of being drummed and fifed here and there; and of reciting a Latin lesson at six o'clock in the morning, after an hour's drill on the parade ground.

In School and Out or, The Conquest of Richard Grant. Oliver Optic 1859

I could have fifed all day upon an empty stomach and felt satisfied.

Queechy 1854

I could have fifed all day upon an empty stomach and felt satisfied.

Queechy Susan Warner 1852

I could have fifed all day upon an empty stomach and felt satisfied.

Queechy, Volume I Susan Warner 1852

Benjie, poor doggie, was vastly proud of the flute, which he fifed away on morning, noon, and night; and, for more than a fortnight, would not go to his bed unless it was laid under his pillow.

The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith David Macbeth Moir 1824

Benjie, poor doggie, was vastly proud of the flute, which he fifed away on morning, noon, and night; and, for more than a fortnight, would not go to his bed unless it was laid under his pillow.

The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself David Macbeth Moir 1824

He was prefent too at the Sea fight at Salamis. which was fought before he was re/fifed from his Punifhment.

Vitae excellentium imperatorum; cum versione Anglicâ, in quâ verbum de verbo, quantum fieri potuit, redditus; notis quoquè Anglicis, [et] indice locupletissimo; or, Lives of the excellent commanders; 1790

The Being who is fupremely good, hath vouch - fifed to ftretch out a father's hand over you.

The new Robinson Crusoe : an instructive and entertaining history for the use of children of both sexes, translated from the French 1789