Fives (?), 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.
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Fives, n. [See Vives.]
A disease of the glands under the ear in horses; the vives.
Shak.
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