Phyfe (f?f), Duncan 1768?-1854. Scottish-born American cabinetmaker. His shop was one of the first to use factory methods of furniture construction.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Phyfe (fa?f) or Fifen (Biography) Duncan. ?1768?1854, US cabinet-maker, born in ScotlandCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014Phyfe (fa?f) n. Duncan, 1768?1854, U.S. cabinetmaker, born in Scotland. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.