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English Dictionary: fives by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fives
n
  1. a game resembling handball; played on a court with a front wall and two side walls
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fives \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fives \Fives\, n. [See {Vives}.]
      A disease of the glands under the ear in horses; the vives.
      --Shak.
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