What does wives mean?
Wives means plural of wife.
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/waɪvz/ · noun
plural of wife.
[…] beautie in his wiues face, will féede his heart with a thouſand delights: […]
[…] where Hercules and Omphale having changed garments, he lying in his wives clothes, and ſhe in his Lions skin, made the luſtfull God mistake ſo unluckily, […]
He found a freſh Subject for his Admiration, when he ſaw the Prickles on that which bore his Wives Name, and the two others without any.
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Wives means plural of wife.
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[…] beautie in his wiues face, will féede his heart with a thouſand delights: […]
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