avives, n. pl. ? Obs.
(əˈvaɪvz)
[a. F. avives (also vives), a. Sp. avivas, adivas, ad. Arab. ađ-đībah, with same meaning, lit. al-, the, đībah she-wolf.]
A swelling of the parotid glands in horses; the strangles; called also vives.
| 1616 Surfl. & Markh. Countr. Farm 139 The horse hauing drunke much, or watered verie quickly after his heat..doth beget the Auiues. 1639 T. de Grey Compl. Horseman 40 Auyues [printed Auynes]. 1725 Bradley Fam. Dict., Vives, Avives, or Fives, all one Disease in a Horse, being certain flat Kernels, much like unto Bunches of Grapes growing in a Cluster..They center from the Ears and creep downwards. |