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Meaning of FIVES

Pronunciation:  fIvz

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  (British) a game resembling handball; played on a court with a front wall and two side walls
 
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 See Also: court game

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Fives\ (f[imac]vz), 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. --Smart.
    {Fives court}, a place for playing fives.
    
  2. \Fives\, n. [See {Vives}.]
    A disease of the glands under the ear in horses; the vives.
    --Shak.
    
 

 

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