† fivesn.¹

Forms: 1600s fiues, 1600s–1700s fives.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: avives n.

Etymology: Variant of vives n. Compare slightly earlier avives n., yves n.

Obsolete.

= avives n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > glanders, strangles, or farcy

farcina1425

mourning of (also on) the chinec1465

farcy1481

strangullion1481

stranyelourc1500

vives?1523

(the) glanders1530

yves1578

avives1600

strangles1600

chine1607

strangle1607

fivesa1616

chine-evil1630

chine-gall1630

chine-glanders1630

mortechien1635

water-farcin1665

vees1672

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iii. ii. 53 His horse..past cure of the Fiues .

1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman ii. iv. 79 This terme Avives we have also gotten from the French... Secundum vulgus, it is called the Fives or Vives.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

fivesn.²

/fʌɪvz/

Etymology: plural of five n., used as singular.The reason for the name is obscure. The conjecture that the game may originally have been played by five persons on each side appears to be unsupported by evidence; the 16th cent. game of bord-and-cord n. (see quot. s.v.) is stated to have been on one occasion played ‘five against five’; but the two games had apparently nothing in common except that they were games of ball played with the hands. The slang use of fives for the hand (see five n. 3b) has not been found until long after the appearance of the name of the game; otherwise it would afford a plausible explanation: compare French jeu de paume, which originally denoted hand-tennis, though afterwards transferred to the later tennis played with rackets. The statement common in dictionaries, that the name was given ‘because three fives, or fifteen, are counted to the game’, is unsatisfactory: the number of ‘points’ in the Eton game is 15, but they are not divided into groups of five, and in other varieties there are 11, 20, or 25 points.

A game in which a ball is struck by the hand against the front wall of a three-sided court. A variety of the game, in which a wooden bat is used, is called bat-fives.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > handball, etc. > [noun] > fives

fives1636

hand tennis1801

Eton fives1855

Rugby fives1859

1636 Div. Trag. lately acted 8 He had a purpose..to goe on the Lords day..to play at a sport, called fiues.

1726 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (1741) xxxiv. 179 The old ball-court, where I have had many a game at fives.

1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod ii. iii. 88 Hand-tennis..is now called fives.

1862 H. Kingsley Ravenshoe xxxv The little man was playing at fives against the bare wall.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

fives-ball n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > handball, etc. > [noun] > fives > ball

fives-ball1825

1825 in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 863 I made the first fives-ball.

fives-bat n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > handball, etc. > [noun] > fives > bat

fives-bat1857

1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. ix. 209 A favourite old fives' bat.

fives-player n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > handball, etc. > [noun] > fives > player

fives-player1819

1819 Sporting Mag. 3 210 Cavanagh, the famous hand fives-player.

C2.

fives-court n. a prepared court where the game of fives is played; also collective for the persons who frequent a fives-court.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > handball, etc. > [noun] > fives > court

fives-court1822

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > handball, etc. > [noun] > fives > player > collectively

fives-court1822

1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk I. ix. 205 Cavanagh was the admiration of all the fives-courts.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	fives
释义	† fivesn.¹ Forms: 1600s fiues, 1600s–1700s fives. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: avives n. Etymology: Variant of vives n. Compare slightly earlier avives n., yves n. Obsolete. = avives n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > glanders, strangles, or farcy farcina1425 mourning of (also on) the chinec1465 farcy1481 strangullion1481 stranyelourc1500 vives?1523 (the) glanders1530 yves1578 avives1600 strangles1600 chine1607 strangle1607 fivesa1616 chine-evil1630 chine-gall1630 chine-glanders1630 mortechien1635 water-farcin1665 vees1672 a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iii. ii. 53 His horse..past cure of the Fiues . View more context for this quotation 1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman ii. iv. 79 This terme Avives we have also gotten from the French... Secundum vulgus, it is called the Fives or Vives. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2022). fivesn.² /fʌɪvz/ Etymology: plural of five n., used as singular.The reason for the name is obscure. The conjecture that the game may originally have been played by five persons on each side appears to be unsupported by evidence; the 16th cent. game of bord-and-cord n. (see quot. s.v.) is stated to have been on one occasion played ‘five against five’; but the two games had apparently nothing in common except that they were games of ball played with the hands. The slang use of fives for the hand (see five n. 3b) has not been found until long after the appearance of the name of the game; otherwise it would afford a plausible explanation: compare French jeu de paume, which originally denoted hand-tennis, though afterwards transferred to the later tennis played with rackets. The statement common in dictionaries, that the name was given ‘because three fives, or fifteen, are counted to the game’, is unsatisfactory: the number of ‘points’ in the Eton game is 15, but they are not divided into groups of five, and in other varieties there are 11, 20, or 25 points. A game in which a ball is struck by the hand against the front wall of a three-sided court. A variety of the game, in which a wooden bat is used, is called bat-fives. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > handball, etc. > [noun] > fives fives1636 hand tennis1801 Eton fives1855 Rugby fives1859 1636 Div. Trag. lately acted 8 He had a purpose..to goe on the Lords day..to play at a sport, called fiues. 1726 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (1741) xxxiv. 179 The old ball-court, where I have had many a game at fives. 1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod ii. iii. 88 Hand-tennis..is now called fives. 1862 H. Kingsley Ravenshoe xxxv The little man was playing at fives against the bare wall. Compounds C1. General attributive. fives-ball n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > handball, etc. > [noun] > fives > ball fives-ball1825 1825 in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 863 I made the first fives-ball. fives-bat n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > handball, etc. > [noun] > fives > bat fives-bat1857 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. ix. 209 A favourite old fives' bat. fives-player n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > handball, etc. > [noun] > fives > player fives-player1819 1819 Sporting Mag. 3 210 Cavanagh, the famous hand fives-player. C2. fives-court n. a prepared court where the game of fives is played; also collective for the persons who frequent a fives-court. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > handball, etc. > [noun] > fives > court fives-court1822 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > handball, etc. > [noun] > fives > player > collectively fives-court1822 1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk I. ix. 205 Cavanagh was the admiration of all the fives-courts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.¹a1616n.²1636
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Compounds

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