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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Fives

/(fīvz)/ · IPA /faɪvz/
01 n. pl. A kind of play with a ball against a wall, resembling tennis; -- so named because three fives, or fifteen, are counted to the game.
  1. 1.
    A kind of play with a ball against a wall, resembling tennis; -- so named because three fives, or fifteen, are counted to the game.
Phrases & compounds
Fives court — a place for playing fives.
02 n. A disease of the glands under the ear in horses; the vives.
  1. 1.
    A disease of the glands under the ear in horses; the vives.