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Webster 1913 Edition


Fives

Fives

(fīvz)
,
Noun.
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.
Smart.
Fives court
,
a place for playing fives.

Fives

,
Noun.
[See
Vives
.]
A disease of the glands under the ear in horses; the vives.
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Fives

FIVES

,
Noun.
A kind of play with a ball.