FIVES
\fˈa͡ɪvz], \fˈaɪvz], \f_ˈaɪ_v_z]\
Definitions of FIVES
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
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A disease of the glands under the ear in horses; the vives.
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A kind of play with a ball against a wall, resembling tennis; - so named because three fives, or fifteen, are counted to the game.
By Oddity Software
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A disease of the glands under the ear in horses; the vives.
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A kind of play with a ball against a wall, resembling tennis; - so named because three fives, or fifteen, are counted to the game.
By Noah Webster.
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A kind of play with a ball, originally called hand-tennis; so named probably from its being usually played with five on each side, although others give different explanations, as that it is so called because the ball is struck with the hand or five fingers.
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A disease of horses, resembling the strangles. Written also VIVES.
By Daniel Lyons
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A game with a ball against the side of a building, similar to tennis; a disease of horses resembling the strangles.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
