sb. pl. ? Obs. [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.
