Usually in plural. An active power or faculty (of the heart, soul, brain, etc.). Now Scottish.

five wits: usually, the five (bodily) senses; often vaguely, the perceptions or mental faculties generally, = wits (in sense 3c or 4b). Also…

In plural. The five senses considered as the passive, receptive part of the intellect. Also in singular: one or all of the senses. Obsolete.

In plural. The faculties of physical sensation, esp. the five senses (see sense 12a), considered as the means of exciting or satisfying sexual or…

In plural and †singular (obsolete rare). The faculties of perception and sensation (sometimes also including, or implying the participation of, the…

five wits: usually, the five (bodily) senses; often vaguely, the perceptions or mental faculties generally, = wits (in sense 3c or 4b). Also…

figurative. Applied to the five senses. Obsolete.

to set at cinque and sice: ? to expose to great risks, to be reckless about. cinque outposts, posts: the five senses (cf. Cinque Ports, n. 2).

In plural. The faculties of perception collectively.

In plural. The perceptive faculties; the senses (esp. in phrenology). Also: the (supposed) physical location of these faculties. Cf. reflective, n.…