FIVELING
Five"ling, n. (Min.)
Defn: A compound or twin crystal consisting of five individuals.
FIVES
Fives, n. pl.
Defn: 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.
FIVES
Fives, n. Etym: [See Vives.]
Defn: A disease of the glands under the ear in horses; the vives.
Shak.
FIVE-TWENTIES
Five`-twen"ties, n. pl.
Defn: Five-twenty bonds of the United States (bearing six per cent interest), issued in 1862, '64, and '65, redeemable after five and payable in twenty years.
FIX Fix, a. Etym: [OE., fr. L. fixus, p.p. of figere to fix; cf. F. fixe.]
Defn: Fixed; solidified. [Obs.] Chaucer.