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Webster 1913 Edition
vives
vives
(vīvz)
, Noun.
(Far.)
A disease of brute animals, especially of horses, seated in the glands under the ear, where a tumor is formed which sometimes ends in suppuration.
Webster 1828 Edition
Vives
VIVES
,Noun.
Definition 2024
vives
vives
See also: vivés
English
Noun
vives (uncountable)
- (obsolete) A disease of animals, especially horses, based in the glands under the ear, where a tumour is formed which sometimes ends in suppuration.
- 1816, Richard Lawrence, The complete farrier, and British sportsman (page 245)
- The Vives, like the strangles, is most incident to young horses, and usually proceeds from the same causes, such as catching cold, being over-heated, or over-worked, about the time of shedding their teeth.
- 1816, Richard Lawrence, The complete farrier, and British sportsman (page 245)