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(1):

(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.

(2):

(n.) A disease of the glands under the ear in horses; the vives.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Fives'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​f/fives.html. 1828.
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