(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:40:09

Fip"ple (f&etil;r), n. [perh. fr. L. fibula a clasp, a pin; cf. Prov. E. fible a stick used to stir pottage.]

A stopper, as in a wind instrument of music.

[Obs.]

Bacon.

 

© Webster 1913.

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