| Five | a. [ OE. fif, five, AS. fīf, fīfe; akin to D. vijf, OS. fīf, OHG. finf, funf, G. fünf, Icel. fimm, Sw. & Sw. Dan. fem, Goth. fimf, Lith. penki, W. pump, OIr. cóic, L. quinque, Gr. pe`nte, Æol. pe`mpe, Skr. pañcan. √303. Cf. Fifth, Cinque, Pentagon, Punch the drink, Quinary. ] Four and one added; one more than four. [ 1913 Webster ]
Five nations (Ethnol.), a confederacy of the Huron-Iroquois Indians, consisting of five tribes: Mohawks, Onondagas, Cayugas, Oneidas, and Senecas. They inhabited the region which is now the State of new York. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Five | n. 1. The number next greater than four, and less than six; five units or objects. [ 1913 Webster ] Five of them were wise, and five were foolish. Matt. xxv. 2. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A symbol representing this number, as 5, or V. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Fives court, a place for playing fives. [ 1913 Webster ]
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