Vives
noun
noun ·1 syllable ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A disease of animals, especially horses, based in the glands under the ear, where a tumour is formed which sometimes ends in suppuration. obsolete, uncountable
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From Old French vives, French avives (compare Spanish abivas), from Arabic ذِئْبَة (ḏiʔba, literally “she-wolf”).
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