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