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Webster 1913 Edition
Five
Five
(fīv)
, Adj.
[OE.
fif
, five
, AS. fīf
, fīfe
; akin to D. vijf
, OS. fīf
, OHG. finf
, funf
, G. fünf
, Icel. fimm
, Sw. & Sw. Dan. fem
, Goth. fimf
, Lith. penki
, W. pump
, OIr. cóic
, L. quinque
, Gr. πέντε
, Æol. πέμπε
, Skr. pañcan
. √303. Cf. Fifth
, Cinque
, Pentagon
, Punch
the drink, Quinary
.] Four and one added; one more than four.
Five nations
(Ethnol.)
, a confederacy of the Huron-Iroquois Indians, consisting of five tribes: Mohawks, Onondagas, Cayugas, Oneidas, and Senecas. They inhabited the region which is now the State of new York.
Five
(fīv)
, Noun.
1.
The number next greater than four, and less than six; five units or objects.
Five
of them were wise, and five
were foolish. Matt. xxv. 2.
2.
A symbol representing this number, as 5, or V.
Webster 1828 Edition
Five
FIVE
, a.Four and one added; the half of ten; as five men; five loaves. Like other adjectives, it is often used as a noun.
Five of them were wise, and five were foolish. Matt. 25.