fiveadj.n.

Brit.

/fʌɪv/, U.S.

/faɪv/

Forms: early Old English fiif, Old English fix (transmission error), Old English wif (transmission error), Old English (rare)–early Middle English (in copy of Old English charter) uif, Old English–Middle English fif, Old English (rare)–1500s fyf, early Middle English fifi (probably transmission error), early Middle English uiu- (inflected form), early Middle English viwe (south-west midlands), early Middle English ( Ormulum) 1600s fife, Middle English feive, Middle English fiff, Middle English fifue, Middle English fijf, Middle English fyeff, Middle English fyff, Middle English fyffe, Middle English fyvfe, Middle English fywe, Middle English fyyf, Middle English vif (southern), Middle English viue (south-west midlands), Middle English vyf (southern), Middle English vyue, Middle English–1500s fyfe, Middle English–1500s fyffe, Middle English–1600s fyue, Middle English–1600s fyve, Middle English–1700s fiue, Middle English– five, late Middle English 1600s ffiue, 1500s feyffe, 1500s–1600s Irish English fiffe, 1600s fef (Irish English), 1600s ffive, Middle English– 1600s ffyue; English regional 1800s–1900s fahv (London and northern), 1800s– foive (southern); Scottish pre-1700 faive, pre-1700 fawe, pre-1700 fayf, pre-1700 fayv, pre-1700 fif, pre-1700 fife, pre-1700 fiffe, pre-1700 fiw, pre-1700 fiwe, pre-1700 fyeff, pre-1700 fyf, pre-1700 fyfe, pre-1700 fyff, pre-1700 fyffe, pre-1700 fyif, pre-1700 fyiff, pre-1700 fyiwe, pre-1700 fyv, pre-1700 fyw, pre-1700 fywe, pre-1700 1700s ffyve, pre-1700 1700s fyue, pre-1700 1700s fyve, pre-1700 1700s– five; U.S. regional (southern and in African-American usage) 1800s–1900s fi', 1800s–1900s fibe. Also represented by the numerical symbols 5, v, and V.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian fīf (West Frisian fiif), Old Saxon fīf (Middle Low German vīf), Old Dutch fīf (Middle Dutch, Dutch vijf), Old High German fimf, finf, funf (Middle High German vünf, German fünf), Old Icelandic fimm, fim (Icelandic fimm), Old Swedish fäm (Swedish fem), Old Danish fæm (Danish fem), Gothic fimf < the same Indo-European base as Sanskrit pañca, Avestan panca, ancient Greek πέντε, (Aeolian) πέμπε, classical Latin quīnque, Oscan pomtis five times, Umbrian puntes groups of five, Gaulish pempe, Old Irish cóic, Old Welsh pimp (Welsh pump), Armenian hing, Tocharian A päñ, Tocharian B piś, Old Church Slavonic pętĭ, Lithuanian penki, Albanian pesë.Further etymology. The Indo-European base can be reconstructed with an initial labial (*p ) and an internal labiovelar (*k^u ). In the Germanic languages, the internal consonant was assimilated to the initial. Conversely, the Italic and Celtic languages show assimilation of the initial to the internal consonant. Germanic phonology. The North Sea Germanic languages (Old English, Old Frisian, and Old Saxon) show loss of the nasal before the original fricative of the Germanic base, with compensatory lengthening of the vowel i ( < e before nasal). Middle High German vünf (German fünf ) apparently reflects rounding of i between a preceding labial and following nasal (compare late Old High German funf ). The phonology of the forms in the Scandinavian languages is less straightforward. Old Icelandic fimm , fim probably shows development from the Germanic base of five adj., with assimilation of consonants in the sequence -mf and occasional simplification of the resulting geminate, although back-formation from the base of fifth adj. has alternatively been suggested. The vocalization of Old Swedish fäm and Old Danish fæm is also difficult to explain: these forms may reflect blending of the base of five adj. with an East Norse reflex (in -ǣ- ) of the Germanic base of fifth adj. For further discussion see A. L. Lloyd & R. Lühr Etymol. Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen (2007) III. 239–44. Inflection in Old English. In Old English (as in other West Germanic languages) the word may inflect, especially when used as postmodifier or as noun. Middle English forms such as five continue inflected forms where the fricative was intervocalic and hence voiced; compare Old English nominative and accusative plural fīfe, genitive plural fīfa, dative plural fīfum.

The cardinal number next after four, represented by the symbols 5 or v.

A. adj.

a. With modified noun expressed. the Five points, (a) the principal points of controversy between the Calvinists and Arminians, relating to predestination, satisfaction, regeneration, grace, and final perseverance; (b) the reforms demanded by the ‘People's Charter’ of 1838 (see charter n.¹ 1d). The Five Ports: the Cinque Ports n. the five senses, five wits: see the nouns.

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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > five > [adjective]

fivec1000

quinary1603

quinquenary1690

quint1880

quintary1942

society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > town possessing > the Cinque Ports

Five Portsc1000

Cinque Ports1191

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > local or district governor > [noun] > wardens of Cinque Ports

Five Ports1422

(Lord) Warden of the Cinque Ports1435

c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xvi. 9 Ne ge geþenceað þæra fif hlafa and fif þusend manna.

c1050 Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia (1885) 8 298 Nim þas an hund tida & þas fif & wyrc fif dagas.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7888 Ac þe vif pors of engelond.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 746 Fif burges were ðor-inne bi tale, Ðer-fore it higte pentapolis.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 179 Vif þinges specialliche destorbeþ zoþe ssriffþe.

1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (1898) 180 If þou fynde noght ffyue vpberers þat be lykynge to þe.

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 268 Lord Warden of the fiue ports.

1845 B. Disraeli Sybil II. iv. v. 197 The national petition..praying the House to take into consideration the five points in which the working classes deemed their best interests involved; to wit, universal suffrage, vote by ballot, annual parliaments, salaried members, and the abolition of the property qualification.

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b. Phrases. to know how many (blue) beans make five (see bean n. 6d); †to come in with (one's) five eggs (see egg n. 4).

a. With ellipsis of the noun, which may usually be supplied from context. †a or o five, in five (parts): see a prep.¹ 9.

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c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxv. 2 Hyra fif wæron dysige, and fif gleawe.

a1200 Moral Ode 28 in Lamb. Hom. Betere his on almesse before þanne ben after vyue.

a1225 Juliana 71 Alle italde bitale seoue siðe tene & forðre ȝet fiue.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12921 Þæs bures dure he warp adun þat heo to-barst a uiuen [c1300 Otho fifue].

c1330 King of Tars in Eng. Stud. XI. 33 Him þouȝt his hert is brast o fiue.

1591 in J. Nichols Progresses Queen Elizabeth III. 117 In this square they..played, five to five, with the hand-ball.

1611 Bible (King James) Isa. xxx. 17 At the rebuke of fiue, shall ye flee.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto X xxxiii. 69 Thermometers sunk down to ten, Or five, or one, or zero.

b. esp. of the hour of the day, as five o'clock, etc.

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1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Ffiue of the clocke, hora quinta.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iv. ii. 125 Let mee haue Claudios head sent me by fiue .

1737 A. Pope Epist. of Horace ii. i. 10 A sober Englishman wou'd knock His servants up, and rise by five a clock.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Will Waterproof's Monologue in Poems (new ed.) II. 182 How goes the time? 'Tis five o'clock.

c. The five pounds weight allowed to apprentice jockeys. Racing slang.

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1922 Notes & Queries 12th Ser. 11 206/2 Claiming the five. Five pounds weight allowed to apprentice jockeys.

3. Coupled with a higher cardinal or ordinal numeral following, so as to form a compound (cardinal or ordinal) numeral.

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OE Genesis 1131 Wintra hæfde fif and hundteontig.

a1225 Leg. Kath. 2530 I Nouembris moneð þe fif & twentuðe dai.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 3 Fyue and þritti schiren heo maden in Engelonde.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Josh. xiv. C This daie am I fyue and foure score yeare olde.

1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 382 The fiue and twentieth Chapter proceedeth vpon the same text.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iii. ii. 14 I swam ere I could recouer the shore, fiue and thirtie Leagues off and on.

1786 R. Burns Poems 36 Now, ye chosen Five and Forty, May still your Mither's heart support ye.

4. = fifth adj. 1, 2.

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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > five > [adjective] > fifth

fifthOE

five?1550

quinary1924

?1550 R. Weaver Lusty Iuventus sig. D.iiii Rede the. v. to the Galathians.

1660 tr. H. Blum Bk. Five Collumnes Archit. (new ed.) B The five part of one such part.

B. n.

a. The abstract number five.

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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > five > [noun]

fivea1398

Jack's alive1931

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxviii. 1358 Oon ydo to foure makeþ þe secounde odde noumbre, þat is, þe nombre of fyue, and hatte quinarius.

1876 C. P. Mason Eng. Gram. (ed. 21) §62 (note) We say ‘twice five is ten’.

b. The figure (5) or letter (V) denoting this number.

2. A set of five things.

a. Cards and Dominos. A card or domino marked with five pips.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > table game > dominoes > [noun] > domino > types of

five1674

double?1870

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > number card > others

twoa1500

cater1519

single ten1595

ten1595

eight1598

four1599

nine1599

six1599

seven1656

deuce1674

five1674

trey1680

spot1830

four-spot1878

two-spot1885

five-spot1913

ten-spot ladybird-

1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester vi. 80 The Deuces, Treys, Fours, and Fives.

?1870 F. Hardy & J. R. Ware Mod. Hoyle 81 Suppose your hand consists of a four, five, and six of spades.

?1870 F. Hardy & J. R. Ware Mod. Hoyle 95 The next player then plays ⁵/ ₅ to the single five.

b. Cricket. A hit for which five runs are scored.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > types of stroke > for specific number of runs

seven1765

four1837

single1851

five1859

sevener1862

sixer1870

fourer1875

two1881

twoer1887

thirteener1893

six1920

Dorothy Dix1979

1859 All Year Round 23 July 306 The loose balls we hit for fours and fives.

3. plural.

†a. = five-cards n. at Compounds 2.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > five-cards

five-cards1674

fives1674

1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester 150 All-fours is play'd in Kent, and Fives in Ireland.

b. The five fingers; also, bunch of fives: the fist (clenched), gen. the hand; to use (one's) fives: to fight with (one's) fists. a fives (slang): a street fight (Farmer).

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [noun] > fist

fista900

nievec1300

gripea1555

fistock1567

neufe1602

mauler1820

mallet1821

fives1825

duke1874

knobblies1898

1825 C. M. Westmacott Eng. Spy I. 290 With their bunch of fives.

1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 8 Smart chap that cabman—handled his fives well.

1847 E. Bulwer-Lytton Lucretia (ed. 2) ii. vii Is this a h-arm, and this a bunch of fives?

1863 C. Reade Hard Cash xxxiv Now look at that bunch of fives.

1883 G. A. Sala in Illustr. London News 27 Jan. 87/2 Glovers' ‘bunches of fives’.

1895 Cornhill Mag. July 23 He did not find the bouquet of Tim Kelly's bunch-of-fives an agreeable perfume.

c. (See fives n.²)

†a. plural. Five-penny nails.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > specific price or size of nail

tenpenny nail1426

threepenny nail1429

fourpenny nail1481

sixpenny nail1486

fives1629

forty-penny nail1769

tenpenny1820

1629 Accts. St. John's Hosp., Canterbury (Canterbury Cathedral Archives: CCA-U13/5) For one hundred of fiues and one hundred of sixes, xjd.

b. plural. Gloves, shoes, etc., of the fifth size.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > of specific size

fives16..

twelve1607

sices1796

outsize1845

skimp1862

portly1930

16.. Description of Love (1629) I loued a Lasse Her wast exceeding small, The fiues did fit her shooe.

1896 N.E.D. at Five Mod. What size gloves does she take? Fives.

c. Short for five-pound note.

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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > English banknotes > [noun] > five-pound note

five1836

finnip1839

fiver1843

fin1868

flim1870

Jack's alive1938

jacks1958

Jack1968

1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 8 Want change for a five.

1860 F. W. Robinson Grandmother's Money II. iv. iii. 290 I'll bet ten to one in fives upon it.

d. plural. Short for five-per-cents. n. at Compounds 2.

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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > stock > of the national debt

fives1847

threes1850

four1887

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xx. 174 Look..what the French fives were when I bought for the account.

e. Short for five minutes, a five-minute break, in phr. to take five: see take v. Phrases 3n.

Compounds

General attributive.

C1.

five-shilling-piece n.

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1679 Exec. Bury 6 Four Five-shilling pieces they will afford for Fifteen shillings good Money.

1870 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life (ed. 18) vi. 202 He dropped..a five-shilling-piece.

b. Combined with nouns, forming adjectives.

five-act adj.

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1882 L. Tennyson in Daily News 10 Oct. (1892) 2/2 The contrast of action that can be provided in a busy five-act tragedy full of incident.

five-bar adj.

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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [adjective] > having (a) gate(s) > types of gate

leavy?1611

turnstile1688

five-bar1709

five-barred1733

paled1800

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 37. ⁋2 [She] moves as if she were on her Nag, and going to take a Five-Bar Gate.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto VIII lv. 138 So was his blood stirred..As is the hunter's at the five-bar gate.

five-card adj.

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?1870 F. Hardy & J. R. Ware Mod. Hoyle 81 No hand in five-card cribbage can be made to count so many.

five-day adj.

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1850 E. B. Browning Poems (new ed.) I. 256 God's five-day work he would accept.

five-guinea adj.

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1706 London Gaz. No. 4208/3 A Purse, with 3 Five-Guinea Pieces.

five-minute adj.

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1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 224 Five minute repeaters give after the hour the number of five minutes past it.

five-pound adj.

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1691 London Gaz. No. 2626/4 100l. in Old Gold and Five Pound Pieces.

1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London III. ix. 255 I have inclosed you a five pound bank note.

1887 Royal Proclam. in Standard 18 May 3/2 Every Five pound Piece should have..our effigy.

five-power adj.

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1945 W. S. Churchill Victory (1946) 151 A five-Power conference bringing in Russia and China.

five-storey adj.

five-wheel adj.

five-year-old adj.

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1769 St. James' Chron. 10–11 Aug. 3/4 Five-year-olds 9 st.

1892 Daily News 26 Feb. 5/7 Taylor saw Robinson pick up a five-year-old girl.

c. In parasynthetic adjectives with suffix -ed suffix².

five-barred adj.

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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [adjective] > having (a) gate(s) > types of gate

leavy?1611

turnstile1688

five-bar1709

five-barred1733

paled1800

1733 J. Swift On Poetry 4 A founder'd Horse will oft debate, Before he tries a five-barr'd Gate.

1820 J. Clare Poems Rural Life (ed. 3) 177 The five-barr'd gate with ease they leap.

five-beaded adj.

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1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 60 The tender pink five-beaded baby-soles.

five-cornered adj.

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1483 Cath. Angl. 132/2 Fyve cornerd, pentagonum.

1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 142 The circular branches of the Oak..five-cornered, in the tender annual sprouts.

five-foiled adj.

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1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. 60 The five-foiled star.

five-lobed adj.

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1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. Five-lobed, quinquelobatus.

five-pointed adj.

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1777 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, quarto) IV. vi. 63 Asterias [Beaded]..smooth above the aperture; below five-pointed.

five-rayed adj.

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1813 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. (ed. 4) III. 433 The..five-rayed star-fish.

five-toed adj.

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1854 R. Owen in Circle of Sci. (c1865) II. 82/1 The five-toed or pentadactyle structure.

five-toothed adj.

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?1877 F. E. Hulme Familiar Wild Flowers I. Summary p. vii Calyx tubular, five-toothed.

d. In parasynthetic nouns with suffix -er suffix¹ (chiefly colloquial), denoting individuals of a certain rank or size, as five-boater, five-master, five-rater.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > fishing vessel > [noun] > whaling vessel

Greenlandman1659

whale-boat1682

whalefisherman1724

whaleman1767

whaler1806

spouter1815

whale-ship1820

catcher1829

sperm-whaler1834

blubber-boiler1851

plum-puddinger1851

five-boater1887

bay whaler1905

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > class of war vessels > vessel of a certain class > specific

first rate1659

third-rate1666

second-rate1679

five-rater1887

1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 25 July 2/1 The iron-sheathed five-masters the Agincourt and the Minotaur.

1889 Cent. Dict. Five-boater, a whaling-vessel carrying five boats; a large whaler.

1892 Daily News 24 May 2/6 The new Gosport five-rater.

e. Combinations in adverbial sense (= in five parts) with past participles, imitating scientific Latin words with quinque- or quinqui-.

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1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. Five-cleft, quinquefidus.

1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. Five-parted, quinquepartitus.

C2. Special combinations.five-spot: see spot n.¹ and adv. Phrases 2b.

five-acre n. a piece of land consisting of five acres.

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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > [noun] > small holding or croft

manslotOE

bargain1602

burgaine1607

smallholding1696

possession1717

farmlet1794

homecroft1828

croft1850

crofting1851

five-acre1863

three acres and a cow1885

farmette1913

minifundium1950

minifundioa1955

1863 Ld. Tennyson Grandfather xx Harry is in the five-acre.

five-and-ten n. (also five-and-ten cent store) North American a store where all the articles were originally priced at either five or ten cents; also colloquial, five-and-dime store.

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society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > other types of shop

show shop1787

lock-up shop1795

cash-store1811

boat shop1813

slaughter shop1841

slaughterhouse1851

ticket-shop1851

charity shop1853

magic shop1853

company store1872

Army and Navy1878

five-and-ten1880

farthing-shop1889

funeral home1895

goodwill1916

shop-within-(a)-shop1916

cash and carry1917

Piggly Wiggly1917

poverty shop1948

discount house1949

anchor1960

box store1976

mom-and-pop1976

op shop1978

duty-free1980

pound shop1983

pop-up2000

1880 in Sat. Evening Post (1940) 10 Feb. 23/3 Woolworth Bros. 5 & 10 Cent Store.

1907 ‘O. Henry’ Trimmed Lamp & Other Stories 115 Did you ever notice me..peering in the window of the five-and-ten?

1922 L. Mumford in H. E. Stearns Civilization in U.S. 9 In the five and ten cent store it is possible for the circumscribed factory operative to obtain the illusion of unmoderated expenditure.

1924 Antiques May 229/2 Of course, we are all familiar with the ordinary pink, white and baby blue celluloid thimble of the present-day five-and-ten-cent store!

1934 J. T. Farrell Young Manhood in Studs Lonigan (1936) i. 160 A small American flag which he'd copped from the nearby five-and-dime store.

1945 S. Lewis Cass Timberlane (1946) xxv. 166 The lone goldfish in a bowl which she sheepishly brought home from the Five and Ten.

† five-cards n. Obsolete (see quot.).

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > five-cards

five-cards1674

fives1674

1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester 123 Five Cards is an Irish game..There are but two can play at it, and there are dealt five cards apiece.

five-corner n. (also five-corners) Australian the fruit of Styphelia triflora, or the plant itself.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > berry-bush or -tree > [noun] > Australasian

redberry1785

five-corner1826

wax-cluster1834

mako1848

makomako1848

snowberry1880

sea-berry1884

ground-berry1889

wineberry1889

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > other tropical or exotic fruits

tamarind1539

guava1555

genipat1568

jack1582

genipap1613

custard apple1648

star apple1693

sweet-sop1696

breadfruit1697

sugar-apple1739

sweet-apple1760

guarri1789

ackee1792

marmalade-box1796

five-corner1826

jakkalsbessie1854

Molucca berry1861

bullock's heart1866

guava-apple1866

vegetable egg1866

Jew plum1880

1826 J. Atkinson Acct. Agric. & Grazing New S. Wales 19 The native cherry, five corners, jibbong, and others, are merely tasteless berries.

1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms xxxiii You won't turn a five-corner into a quince..dig and water as you like.

five-day week n. a working week of five days.

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the world > time > period > a week > [noun] > as a unit for reckoning work, etc.

week1389

weekdaya1400

five-day week1926

society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [noun] > working week

workweek1892

five-day week1926

1926 Sat. Rev. 2 Oct. 367/2 Mr. Ford has inaugurated a five-day working week... The five-day week cannot be isolated from the whole Ford policy.

1930 N.Y. Times 5 Dec. 3/2 The universal adoption of the five-day week by American industry would have the..effect of returning to employment all..now out of work.

1935 Discovery Aug. 221/1 The five-day week has already arrived, the four-day week will come and there will be increasing leisure to be employed.

† five-double adj. Obsolete (a) five-fold; (b) consisting of five twice over; also adv.

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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > five > [adjective] > fivefold

fivefoldc1000

five-double1552

quintuple?1563

quintuplicate1656

quincuple1724

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > five > [adjective] > consisting of five twice over

five-double1552

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > five > [adverb] > five twice over

five-double1552

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Ffyue double, quincuplex.

1594 2nd Rep. Dr. Faustus sig. K Euerie archer beeing fiue double furnished.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. ii. 86 O faire, fiue-double Round.

five-eighth n. Rugby Union and Rugby League Football (New Zealand and Australian) one of two players stationed between the scrum-half and the centre three-quarter.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > [noun] > types of player > player or position

full back1875

goal kick1875

No. eight1876

goalkicker1879

three-quarter back1880

handler1888

three-quarter1889

heeler1892

scrum half1894

lock forward1898

standoff1902

five-eighth1905

hooker1905

threes1905

flying half1906

loose head1907

standoff1908

fly-half1918

fly1921

inside half1921

outside half1921

scrum1921

inside centre1936

flank forward1937

out-half1949

prop1950

prop forward1951

number eight1952

flanker1953

tight head1959

back-rower1969

second rower1969

striker1973

packman1992

1905 Westm. Gaz. 5 Oct. 10/2 Their three three-quarters and two ‘five-eighths’ gave them..a three-quarter line of five men.

1906 D. Gallaher & W. J. Stead Compl. Rugby Footballer 76 During very many matches of the British tour, one of the present writers (Stead) played five-eighth to Roberts.

1927 Daily Tel. 27 Sept. 14/1 I place no value at all on the fact that they indulged in five-eighths, and multiplied the number of potential attackers immediately in rear of the scrummage.

1958 Times 22 Oct. 14/3 He has played for Australia against New Zealand in the stead of no less a five-eighth than A. Summons.

1969 Australian 24 May 36/4 The class of Balmain five-eighth, Dave Bolton, should be the deciding factor in the backs.

1969 Sydney Morning Herald 24 May 28/2 The move of captain Terry Rigney from full-back to five-eighth several weeks ago was one of the trumpets that heralded Gordon's renewed vigour.

five-figure adj. (a) evaluated to or containing tabular entries of five significant figures or five decimal places; (b) worth ten thousand pounds or more.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > mathematical notation or symbol > [adjective] > written or designated by figures > of arithmetical significance

signifying1543

six-figure1840

five-figure1842

society > trade and finance > monetary value > [adjective] > specific values

twopenny1532

sixpenny1592

fourpenny1597

threepenny1627

ninepenny1632

ten-pound1673

two-bit1802

four-figure1842

million-dollar1854

two-cent1859

thousand-guinea1894

thruppence1895

five-figure1971

six-figure1971

1842 Penny Cycl. XXIII. 499/1 Lalande, ‘Tables de Logarithmes’... Five-figure tables throughout, and no mistake has ever been found in them.

1842 Penny Cycl. XXIII. 499/2 ‘Tables for Nautical Men.’ Contains five-figure logarithms, neatly printed.

1861 C. Knight Eng. Cycl.: Arts & Sci. VII. 1006 The necessity of dispensing with printed differences is alone almost fatal to the attempt at giving five-figure logarithms on one sheet.

1861 C. Knight Eng. Cycl.: Arts & Sci. VII. 1007 The first British five-figure table..which gives Gauss's table.

1929 Hall & Rideal (title) Cambridge Five-Figure Tables.

1948 C. E. Attwood Pract. Five-figure Math. Tables p. iv Mean proportional parts have been provided for five-figure values of cubes or areas of circles.

1971 E. Lemarchand Death on Doomsday vi. 85 They've got some pictures... One or two in the five-figure class at present values.

† five-foot n. Obsolete = five-finger n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [noun] > subphylum Eleutherozoa > class Asteroidea > unspecified and miscellaneous types

five-foot1659

rose1668

five-finger1678

sun shellfish1688

urchin starfish1688

sea-toad1710

1659 G. Torriano Florio's Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese Stellione, the star-fish, or five-foot-fish.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Five-foot [printed foor] or Star-fish.

five hundred n. originally U.S. a variety of euchre in which five hundred points constitute a game (Webster Addenda 1918).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > euchre > [noun] > variety of

love1886

five hundred1920

1920 S. Lewis Main St. 195 What do you say we go down to Jack Elder's and have a game of five hundred?

1936 ‘R. Hyde’ Passport to Hell 118 ‘Five hundred’ and louse-catching were the major sports of Gallipoli.

1959 Sunday Times 22 Feb. 16/4 Five Hundred..never had much success in this country.

five-lined adj. consisting of or marked with five lines, esp. of a parliamentary ‘whip’ with five underlinings to denote urgency.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > notation > [adjective] > stave

five-lined1787

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [adjective] > subjected to whip > type of whip

two-line1770

five-lined1787

three-lineda1912

three-line1939

1787 J. Hawkins Life Johnson 418 Roubiliac called for paper, and scored thereon a few five-lined staves.

1884 Liverpool Mercury 18 Feb. 5/6 The following five-lined whip..has been issued to members.

five-maled adj. having five male organs or stamens, pentandrous.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

a1794 W. Jones Tales (1807) 171 This five-mal'd single-femal'd flow'r.

Five-mile Act n. an act passed in 1665 forbidding Non-conformist teachers who refused to take the non-resistance oath, to come within five miles of any town, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > types of laws > [noun] > concerning religion

Bloody Statutea1648

Five-mile Act1672

Corporation Act1679

test-law1687

Bill of Toleration1692

Test Act1708

Schism Act1733

Schism Bill1733

penal codea1777

Veto Act1835

1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i, in Wks. (1873) III. 224 I thought he deserved to be within the ‘five-mile Act’, and not to come within that distance of any corporation.

1689 Apol. Failures G. Walker's Acct. Siege of Derry 24 Five-mile-Acts.

Five Nations n. [nation n.¹ 5] five confederated North American Indian peoples collectively known as the Iroquois n. and adj.; later joined by the Tuscaroras to become the Six Nations (six adj. and n. Compounds 2).

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the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of North-Eastern America > [noun] > Iroquois peoples > five or six nations

Five Nations1688

Six Nations1710

1688 Pennsylvania Arch. (1852) 1st Ser. I. 104 The five Nations or Cantons of Indians.

1703 tr. L. de Lahontan New Voy. N.-Amer. I. 58 Every year the five Cantons send Deputies..to smoak in the great Calumet, or Pipe of the five Nations.

1713 Col. Rec. N. Carolina II. 24 To fly to the Indians and hire them to be mediators of a peace..would be derogatory to Her Majesty's honor, and might encourage the five nations to set Indians against Her Majesty's subjects.

1789 Deb. Congr. U.S. 25 May (1834) 41 Resolved. That the Superintendent of Indian Affairs..inform the Five Nations, the Hurons, and other Indian nations,..that Congress..received their said representation.

1852 J. Reynolds Pioneer Hist. Illinois 35 The bitter hostility of the Iroquois or Five Nations to the French.

1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 454/1 (New York) Forming permanent settlements about the headwaters of the streams which gave them passage to the heart of the country, they organized the political league or confederacy known as the Five Nations.

1959 Chambers's Encycl. VII. 754/1 Iroquois was the name of a great confederation of North American tribes, formed about 1570... At first called the ‘Five Nations’ (Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga and Seneca), they became the ‘Six Nations’ of the ‘Long House’ when the Tuscarora joined them in 1715.

five-nine n. a type of shell used by the German forces in the 1914–18 war; a gun that fires such a shell.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > gun by calibre

nine point two1898

five-ninea1918

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > shell > other types of shell

carcass1684

light ball1729

anchor ball1779

shrapnel1810

hollow shot1862

segment-shell1862

blind-shell1864

ring-shot1868

star shell1876

ring-shell1879

pipsqueak1900

Black Maria1914

coal box1914

crump1914

Jack Johnson1914

Archie1915

Little Willie1915

whizz-bang1915

woolly bear1915

fizzbang1916

five-ninea1918

ashcan1918

cream puff1918

sea-bag1918

pudding1919

G.I. can1929

flechette1961

a1918 W. Owen Coll. Poems (1963) 55 Deaf even to the hoots Of tired, outstripped Five-Nines that dropped behind.

1930 E. Blunden Summer's Fancy 49 The five-nines drop like hail.

1960 J. Betjeman Summoned by Bells iii. 27 When Poperinghe and Zillebeke and Mons Boomed with five-nines.

five-o'clock n. (see A. 2b), used attributively in five o'clock shadow (see quot.1937), five-o'clock tea (colloquial shortened a five o'clock).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > afternoon meal

undermealc1440

undern1691

goûter1792

five-o'clock tea1869

merienda1880

the world > life > the body > hair > hair on lower part of face > [noun]

bristlea1300

subboscos1579

suberch1592

stubblea1596

whiskerc1600

facial hair1830

face fungus1904

zit1912

five o'clock shadow1937

shrubbery1937

1869 L. M. Alcott Little Women II. x. 143 Mrs. Kirke asked me if I wouldn't go down to the five-o'clock dinner.

1872 Ld. Shaftesbury in E. Hodder Life Earl Shaftesbury (1886) III. 307 Five o'clock tea, that pernicious, unprincipled and stomach-ruining habit.

1882 Worcs. Exhib. Catal. iii. 4 Five o'clock tea sets in fine porcelain.

1886 Punch 16 Jan. 36/2 Ladies invite their friends to ‘a five-o'clock’.

1926 C. Sidgwick Sack & Sugar i. 9 Eva had invited her future in-laws..to five o'clock.

1937 Time 11 Oct. 33/1 (advt.) ‘5 o'clock Shadow’—that unsightly beard growth which appears prematurely at about 5 P.M., looks bad.

1960 O. Manning Great Fortune ii. x. 115 The café..was crowded for the ‘five-o'clock’, which here [i.e. in Bucharest] meant coffee or chocolate, and cakes.

1969 New Yorker 6 Sept. 115/1 Mr. Nixon, however, was given a deep five-o'clock shadow by the Rumanian artist.

five-out measure n. (see quot.).

ΚΠ

1909 Daily Chron. 12 May 1/4 As a rule, he serves his customer from a ‘five-out’ measure, which gives five drops of whisky to the quartern, or 160 to the gallon.

five percenter n. U.S. an agent who, in return for a percentage fee, assists businessmen to obtain Government contracts, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > businessman > [noun] > business agent > for a percentage

commission agent1798

five percenter1949

1949 Life 24 Oct. 97/2 Be unswervingly loyal to all his party friends, even if they turn into five-percenters.

five-per-cents. n. stock or shares paying five per cent. interest on their nominal value.

† five-piece n. Obsolete a five-pound piece.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > coin of five pounds

five-piece1667

1667 S. Pepys Diary 21 Sept. This day also came out first the new five-pieces in gold, coined by the Guiny Company.

Five-Pointer n. a member of a criminal gang named from the Five Points district in New York City.

ΚΠ

1878 B. F. Taylor Between Gates 88 He is neither the rowdy, the Five-Pointer, the wharf rat, the Bowery Boy, or the bummer.

five-score n. rarely used for ‘a hundred’ (Shakespeare).

five-shooter n. a five-chambered revolver.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > pistol > revolver > types of

six-shooter1844

five-shooter1848

belt revolver1853

six-shooting1858

pepperbox1861

service revolver1864

navy1867

six chamber1877

forty-five1881

pepper castor1889

hip revolver1897

six-gun1912

six chamber revolver1922

police special1935

thirty-two1942

thirty-eight1953

1848 Gem of Prairie (Chicago) 30 Sept. 6/2 These desperadoes are..well armed with the formidable ‘five-shooter’.

c1900 R. L. Hale Log of Forty-Niner 92 I had seen in his belt a bowie, and a five shooter.

five-shot adj. having five cartridge chambers.

ΚΠ

1897 Westm. Gaz. 30 Nov. 4/3 The Mouzin five-shot magazine rifle of 3 in.

five stones n. = chucks at chuck n.³ 5.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > five-stones or knuckle-bones

morteaulxa1475

martel1481

cockal1586

check-stone1587

guile-bones1606

dab-stone1652

dibstones1692

dibs1736

jackstones1783

Jack1863

knuckle-bone1884

five stones1900

1900 in Eng. Dial. Dict. II. 373/2 They are lakin' [= playing] at fahv steeans.

1916 Banffshire Jrnl. 25 Apr. 3/3 Recollections. School Life in 1857... Early arrival was common..and the time left available was spent in the resting game of ‘Five Stanes’.

1948 H. M. Gunn Silver Bough xix. 144 ‘What's five-stones?’ ‘Och, just a lassie's game!’

1985 Sunday Tel. 1 Sept. (Colour Suppl.) 12/2 He could shoot a marble farther than I could, but I always won the game of five stones (for which, surely, greater skill is needed).

five-stroke n. Billiards a stroke by which five points are scored.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > actions or types of play > type of stroke

hazard1674

carambole1775

carom1779

cannon1802

screw1825

sidestroke1834

following stroke1837

cannonade1844

five-stroke1847

follow1850

scratch1850

fluke1857

jenny1857

bank shot1859

angle shot1860

draw shot1860

six-stroke1861

run-through1862

spot1868

quill1869

dead-stroke1873

loser1873

push1873

push stroke1873

stab1873

stab screw1873

draw1881

force1881

plant1884

anchor cannon1893

massé1901

angle1902

cradle-cannon1907

pot1907

jump shot1909

carry-along1913

snooker1924

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxii. 190 How well he made that five stroke, eh?

five-to-two n. Rhyming slang a Jew.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > Semite > [noun] > Jew

JudeishOE

Judew?a1160

Jewa1225

Jew mana1382

Israelitec1384

Hebrewc1450

Hebraean1509

Christ-killer1532

Hebrician1542

Jacobinea1625

Shylock1786

Jew boy1796

sheeny1824

ikey1836

Moses1844

Yahudi1858

Yiddisher1859

Yid1874

Semite1881

mocky1893

kike1901

five-to-two1914

Jewy1914

shonicker1914

ikeymo1922

non-Aryan1922

non-Aryan1924

four-by-two1936

shonk1938

bagel1956

Hymie1956

mock1967

yiddo1972

1914 C. Mackenzie Sinister St. II. iv. iv. 930 Fancy going off..with that big-mouthed five-to-two.

1932 ‘P. P.’ Rhyming Slang 21 Five to two, Jew.

1941 G. Kersh They die with their Boots Clean i. 40 A Five is a Five-to-Two, or Jew.

1948 E. Waugh Loved One 7 They respect us. Your five-to-two is a judge of quality.

five-yearly adj. celebrated every five years, quinquennial.

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the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > occurring every specific number of years

quinquennal1532

quinquennial1601

five-yearly1619

centenary1620

septennial1640

triannual1640

triennial1642

septennary1644

sexennial1646

trieterical1646

novennial1656

octennial1656

trieteric1656

quinquennalian1692

quadrenniala1700

biennial1750

sexennary1753

lustral1781

centennial1797

quaternal1813

sextennial1814

septendecennial1834

septemdecenary1843

undecennarya1847

bicentenary1862

bicentennial1883

quadricentennial1889

trigintennial1894

twelve-yearly1906

vigintennial1921

1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. ii. vii. 176 This proclamation was made..at the Quinquennal, or fiue-yeerly playes.

five-year plan n. a scheme for the economic development of the U.S.S.R. over a period of five years, inaugurated in 1928; later of other countries and repeated in the U.S.S.R.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > management of national resources > [noun] > political economy > planning scheme or system

central planning1922

five-year plan1929

tripartism1961

market testing1991

1929 Times 9 July 15/3 Soviet Industries. Failure of Five-Year Plan.

1929 Times 9 July 15/3 A special conference to consider how far Soviet organizations have succeeded during the past eight months in carrying out the five-year economic plan.

1932 Ann. Reg. 1931 ii. 220 The Cabinet [of Romania]..drew up a ‘five-year plan’ for agriculture.

1938 Time 10 Jan. 20/1 The second Five-Year Plan ended last week, and the Soviet Union entered 1938 by starting on a third.

1969 N. W. Pirie Food Resources i. 36 The Indian Government is sometimes condemned because the fourth Five Year Plan..envisages only a 1 per cent increase.

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单词	five
释义	fiveadj.n. Brit. /fʌɪv/, U.S. /faɪv/ Forms: early Old English fiif, Old English fix (transmission error), Old English wif (transmission error), Old English (rare)–early Middle English (in copy of Old English charter) uif, Old English–Middle English fif, Old English (rare)–1500s fyf, early Middle English fifi (probably transmission error), early Middle English uiu- (inflected form), early Middle English viwe (south-west midlands), early Middle English ( Ormulum) 1600s fife, Middle English feive, Middle English fiff, Middle English fifue, Middle English fijf, Middle English fyeff, Middle English fyff, Middle English fyffe, Middle English fyvfe, Middle English fywe, Middle English fyyf, Middle English vif (southern), Middle English viue (south-west midlands), Middle English vyf (southern), Middle English vyue, Middle English–1500s fyfe, Middle English–1500s fyffe, Middle English–1600s fyue, Middle English–1600s fyve, Middle English–1700s fiue, Middle English– five, late Middle English 1600s ffiue, 1500s feyffe, 1500s–1600s Irish English fiffe, 1600s fef (Irish English), 1600s ffive, Middle English– 1600s ffyue; English regional 1800s–1900s fahv (London and northern), 1800s– foive (southern); Scottish pre-1700 faive, pre-1700 fawe, pre-1700 fayf, pre-1700 fayv, pre-1700 fif, pre-1700 fife, pre-1700 fiffe, pre-1700 fiw, pre-1700 fiwe, pre-1700 fyeff, pre-1700 fyf, pre-1700 fyfe, pre-1700 fyff, pre-1700 fyffe, pre-1700 fyif, pre-1700 fyiff, pre-1700 fyiwe, pre-1700 fyv, pre-1700 fyw, pre-1700 fywe, pre-1700 1700s ffyve, pre-1700 1700s fyue, pre-1700 1700s fyve, pre-1700 1700s– five; U.S. regional (southern and in African-American usage) 1800s–1900s fi', 1800s–1900s fibe. Also represented by the numerical symbols 5, v, and V. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian fīf (West Frisian fiif), Old Saxon fīf (Middle Low German vīf), Old Dutch fīf (Middle Dutch, Dutch vijf), Old High German fimf, finf, funf (Middle High German vünf, German fünf), Old Icelandic fimm, fim (Icelandic fimm), Old Swedish fäm (Swedish fem), Old Danish fæm (Danish fem), Gothic fimf < the same Indo-European base as Sanskrit pañca, Avestan panca, ancient Greek πέντε, (Aeolian) πέμπε, classical Latin quīnque, Oscan pomtis five times, Umbrian puntes groups of five, Gaulish pempe, Old Irish cóic, Old Welsh pimp (Welsh pump), Armenian hing, Tocharian A päñ, Tocharian B piś, Old Church Slavonic pętĭ, Lithuanian penki, Albanian pesë.Further etymology. The Indo-European base can be reconstructed with an initial labial (p ) and an internal labiovelar (k^u ). In the Germanic languages, the internal consonant was assimilated to the initial. Conversely, the Italic and Celtic languages show assimilation of the initial to the internal consonant. Germanic phonology. The North Sea Germanic languages (Old English, Old Frisian, and Old Saxon) show loss of the nasal before the original fricative of the Germanic base, with compensatory lengthening of the vowel i ( < e before nasal). Middle High German vünf (German fünf ) apparently reflects rounding of i between a preceding labial and following nasal (compare late Old High German funf ). The phonology of the forms in the Scandinavian languages is less straightforward. Old Icelandic fimm , fim probably shows development from the Germanic base of five adj., with assimilation of consonants in the sequence -mf and occasional simplification of the resulting geminate, although back-formation from the base of fifth adj. has alternatively been suggested. The vocalization of Old Swedish fäm and Old Danish fæm is also difficult to explain: these forms may reflect blending of the base of five adj. with an East Norse reflex (in -ǣ- ) of the Germanic base of fifth adj. For further discussion see A. L. Lloyd & R. Lühr Etymol. Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen (2007) III. 239–44. Inflection in Old English. In Old English (as in other West Germanic languages) the word may inflect, especially when used as postmodifier or as noun. Middle English forms such as five continue inflected forms where the fricative was intervocalic and hence voiced; compare Old English nominative and accusative plural fīfe, genitive plural fīfa, dative plural fīfum. The cardinal number next after four, represented by the symbols 5 or v. A. adj. 1. a. With modified noun expressed. the Five points, (a) the principal points of controversy between the Calvinists and Arminians, relating to predestination, satisfaction, regeneration, grace, and final perseverance; (b) the reforms demanded by the ‘People's Charter’ of 1838 (see charter n.¹ 1d). The Five Ports: the Cinque Ports n. the five senses, five wits: see the nouns. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > five > [adjective] fivec1000 quinary1603 quinquenary1690 quint1880 quintary1942 society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > town possessing > the Cinque Ports Five Portsc1000 Cinque Ports1191 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > local or district governor > [noun] > wardens of Cinque Ports Five Ports1422 (Lord) Warden of the Cinque Ports1435 c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xvi. 9 Ne ge geþenceað þæra fif hlafa and fif þusend manna. c1050 Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia (1885) 8 298 Nim þas an hund tida & þas fif & wyrc fif dagas. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7888 Ac þe vif pors of engelond. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 746 Fif burges were ðor-inne bi tale, Ðer-fore it higte pentapolis. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 179 Vif þinges specialliche destorbeþ zoþe ssriffþe. 1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (1898) 180 If þou fynde noght ffyue vpberers þat be lykynge to þe. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 268 Lord Warden of the fiue ports. 1845 B. Disraeli Sybil II. iv. v. 197 The national petition..praying the House to take into consideration the five points in which the working classes deemed their best interests involved; to wit, universal suffrage, vote by ballot, annual parliaments, salaried members, and the abolition of the property qualification. Thesaurus » b. Phrases. to know how many (blue) beans make five (see bean n. 6d); †to come in with (one's) five eggs (see egg n. 4). 2. a. With ellipsis of the noun, which may usually be supplied from context. †a or o five, in five (parts): see a prep.¹ 9. ΚΠ c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxv. 2 Hyra fif wæron dysige, and fif gleawe. a1200 Moral Ode 28 in Lamb. Hom. Betere his on almesse before þanne ben after vyue. a1225 Juliana 71 Alle italde bitale seoue siðe tene & forðre ȝet fiue. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12921 Þæs bures dure he warp adun þat heo to-barst a uiuen [c1300 Otho fifue]. c1330 King of Tars in Eng. Stud. XI. 33 Him þouȝt his hert is brast o fiue. 1591 in J. Nichols Progresses Queen Elizabeth III. 117 In this square they..played, five to five, with the hand-ball. 1611 Bible (King James) Isa. xxx. 17 At the rebuke of fiue, shall ye flee. View more context for this quotation 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto X xxxiii. 69 Thermometers sunk down to ten, Or five, or one, or zero. b. esp. of the hour of the day, as five o'clock, etc. ΚΠ 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Ffiue of the clocke, hora quinta. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iv. ii. 125 Let mee haue Claudios head sent me by fiue . View more context for this quotation 1737 A. Pope Epist. of Horace ii. i. 10 A sober Englishman wou'd knock His servants up, and rise by five a clock. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Will Waterproof's Monologue in Poems (new ed.) II. 182 How goes the time? 'Tis five o'clock. c. The five pounds weight allowed to apprentice jockeys. Racing slang. ΚΠ 1922 Notes & Queries 12th Ser. 11 206/2 Claiming the five. Five pounds weight allowed to apprentice jockeys. 3. Coupled with a higher cardinal or ordinal numeral following, so as to form a compound (cardinal or ordinal) numeral. ΚΠ OE Genesis 1131 Wintra hæfde fif and hundteontig. a1225 Leg. Kath. 2530 I Nouembris moneð þe fif & twentuðe dai. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 3 Fyue and þritti schiren heo maden in Engelonde. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Josh. xiv. C This daie am I fyue and foure score yeare olde. 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 382 The fiue and twentieth Chapter proceedeth vpon the same text. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iii. ii. 14 I swam ere I could recouer the shore, fiue and thirtie Leagues off and on. View more context for this quotation 1786 R. Burns Poems 36 Now, ye chosen Five and Forty, May still your Mither's heart support ye. 4. = fifth adj. 1, 2. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > five > [adjective] > fifth fifthOE five?1550 quinary1924 ?1550 R. Weaver Lusty Iuventus sig. D.iiii Rede the. v. to the Galathians. 1660 tr. H. Blum Bk. Five Collumnes Archit. (new ed.) B The five part of one such part. B. n. 1. a. The abstract number five. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > five > [noun] fivea1398 Jack's alive1931 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxviii. 1358 Oon ydo to foure makeþ þe secounde odde noumbre, þat is, þe nombre of fyue, and hatte quinarius. 1876 C. P. Mason Eng. Gram. (ed. 21) §62 (note) We say ‘twice five is ten’. b. The figure (5) or letter (V) denoting this number. 2. A set of five things. a. Cards and Dominos. A card or domino marked with five pips. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > table game > dominoes > [noun] > domino > types of five1674 double?1870 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > number card > others twoa1500 cater1519 single ten1595 ten1595 eight1598 four1599 nine1599 six1599 seven1656 deuce1674 five1674 trey1680 spot1830 four-spot1878 two-spot1885 five-spot1913 ten-spot ladybird- 1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester vi. 80 The Deuces, Treys, Fours, and Fives. ?1870 F. Hardy & J. R. Ware Mod. Hoyle 81 Suppose your hand consists of a four, five, and six of spades. ?1870 F. Hardy & J. R. Ware Mod. Hoyle 95 The next player then plays ⁵/ ₅ to the single five. b. Cricket. A hit for which five runs are scored. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > types of stroke > for specific number of runs seven1765 four1837 single1851 five1859 sevener1862 sixer1870 fourer1875 two1881 twoer1887 thirteener1893 six1920 Dorothy Dix1979 1859 All Year Round 23 July 306 The loose balls we hit for fours and fives. 3. plural. †a. = five-cards n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > five-cards five-cards1674 fives1674 1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester 150 All-fours is play'd in Kent, and Fives in Ireland. b. The five fingers; also, bunch of fives: the fist (clenched), gen. the hand; to use (one's) fives: to fight with (one's) fists. a fives (slang): a street fight (Farmer). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [noun] > fist fista900 nievec1300 gripea1555 fistock1567 neufe1602 mauler1820 mallet1821 fives1825 duke1874 knobblies1898 1825 C. M. Westmacott Eng. Spy I. 290 With their bunch of fives. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 8 Smart chap that cabman—handled his fives well. 1847 E. Bulwer-Lytton Lucretia (ed. 2) ii. vii Is this a h-arm, and this a bunch of fives? 1863 C. Reade Hard Cash xxxiv Now look at that bunch of fives. 1883 G. A. Sala in Illustr. London News 27 Jan. 87/2 Glovers' ‘bunches of fives’. 1895 Cornhill Mag. July 23 He did not find the bouquet of Tim Kelly's bunch-of-fives an agreeable perfume. c. (See fives n.²) 4. †a. plural. Five-penny nails. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > specific price or size of nail tenpenny nail1426 tenpenny nail1426 threepenny nail1429 fourpenny nail1481 sixpenny nail1486 fives1629 forty-penny nail1769 tenpenny1820 1629 Accts. St. John's Hosp., Canterbury (Canterbury Cathedral Archives: CCA-U13/5) For one hundred of fiues and one hundred of sixes, xjd. b. plural. Gloves, shoes, etc., of the fifth size. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > of specific size fives16.. twelve1607 sices1796 outsize1845 skimp1862 portly1930 16.. Description of Love (1629) I loued a Lasse Her wast exceeding small, The fiues did fit her shooe. 1896 N.E.D. at Five Mod. What size gloves does she take? Fives. c. Short for five-pound note. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > English banknotes > [noun] > five-pound note five1836 finnip1839 fiver1843 fin1868 flim1870 Jack's alive1938 jacks1958 Jack1968 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 8 Want change for a five. 1860 F. W. Robinson Grandmother's Money II. iv. iii. 290 I'll bet ten to one in fives upon it. d. plural. Short for five-per-cents. n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > stock > of the national debt fives1847 threes1850 four1887 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xx. 174 Look..what the French fives were when I bought for the account. e. Short for five minutes, a five-minute break, in phr. to take five: see take v. Phrases 3n. Compounds General attributive. C1. a. five-shilling-piece n. ΚΠ 1679 Exec. Bury 6 Four Five-shilling pieces they will afford for Fifteen shillings good Money. 1870 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life (ed. 18) vi. 202 He dropped..a five-shilling-piece. b. Combined with nouns, forming adjectives. five-act adj. ΚΠ 1882 L. Tennyson in Daily News 10 Oct. (1892) 2/2 The contrast of action that can be provided in a busy five-act tragedy full of incident. five-bar adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [adjective] > having (a) gate(s) > types of gate leavy?1611 turnstile1688 five-bar1709 five-barred1733 paled1800 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 37. ⁋2 [She] moves as if she were on her Nag, and going to take a Five-Bar Gate. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto VIII lv. 138 So was his blood stirred..As is the hunter's at the five-bar gate. five-card adj. ΚΠ ?1870 F. Hardy & J. R. Ware Mod. Hoyle 81 No hand in five-card cribbage can be made to count so many. five-day adj. ΚΠ 1850 E. B. Browning Poems (new ed.) I. 256 God's five-day work he would accept. five-guinea adj. ΚΠ 1706 London Gaz. No. 4208/3 A Purse, with 3 Five-Guinea Pieces. five-minute adj. ΚΠ 1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 224 Five minute repeaters give after the hour the number of five minutes past it. five-pound adj. ΚΠ 1691 London Gaz. No. 2626/4 100l. in Old Gold and Five Pound Pieces. 1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London III. ix. 255 I have inclosed you a five pound bank note. 1887 Royal Proclam. in Standard 18 May 3/2 Every Five pound Piece should have..our effigy. five-power adj. ΚΠ 1945 W. S. Churchill Victory (1946) 151 A five-Power conference bringing in Russia and China. five-storey adj. five-wheel adj. five-year-old adj. ΚΠ 1769 St. James' Chron. 10–11 Aug. 3/4 Five-year-olds 9 st. 1892 Daily News 26 Feb. 5/7 Taylor saw Robinson pick up a five-year-old girl. c. In parasynthetic adjectives with suffix -ed suffix². five-barred adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [adjective] > having (a) gate(s) > types of gate leavy?1611 turnstile1688 five-bar1709 five-barred1733 paled1800 1733 J. Swift On Poetry 4 A founder'd Horse will oft debate, Before he tries a five-barr'd Gate. 1820 J. Clare Poems Rural Life (ed. 3) 177 The five-barr'd gate with ease they leap. five-beaded adj. ΚΠ 1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 60 The tender pink five-beaded baby-soles. five-cornered adj. ΚΠ 1483 Cath. Angl. 132/2 Fyve cornerd, pentagonum. 1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 142 The circular branches of the Oak..five-cornered, in the tender annual sprouts. five-foiled adj. ΚΠ 1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. 60 The five-foiled star. five-lobed adj. ΚΠ 1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. Five-lobed, quinquelobatus. five-pointed adj. ΚΠ 1777 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, quarto) IV. vi. 63 Asterias [Beaded]..smooth above the aperture; below five-pointed. five-rayed adj. ΚΠ 1813 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. (ed. 4) III. 433 The..five-rayed star-fish. five-toed adj. ΚΠ 1854 R. Owen in Circle of Sci. (c1865) II. 82/1 The five-toed or pentadactyle structure. five-toothed adj. ΚΠ ?1877 F. E. Hulme Familiar Wild Flowers I. Summary p. vii Calyx tubular, five-toothed. d. In parasynthetic nouns with suffix -er suffix¹ (chiefly colloquial), denoting individuals of a certain rank or size, as five-boater, five-master, five-rater. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > fishing vessel > [noun] > whaling vessel Greenlandman1659 whale-boat1682 whalefisherman1724 whaleman1767 whaler1806 spouter1815 whale-ship1820 catcher1829 sperm-whaler1834 blubber-boiler1851 plum-puddinger1851 five-boater1887 bay whaler1905 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > class of war vessels > vessel of a certain class > specific first rate1659 third-rate1666 second-rate1679 five-rater1887 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 25 July 2/1 The iron-sheathed five-masters the Agincourt and the Minotaur. 1889 Cent. Dict. Five-boater, a whaling-vessel carrying five boats; a large whaler. 1892 Daily News 24 May 2/6 The new Gosport five-rater. e. Combinations in adverbial sense (= in five parts) with past participles, imitating scientific Latin words with quinque- or quinqui-. ΚΠ 1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. Five-cleft, quinquefidus. 1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. Five-parted, quinquepartitus. C2. Special combinations.five-spot: see spot n.¹ and adv. Phrases 2b. five-acre n. a piece of land consisting of five acres. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > [noun] > small holding or croft manslotOE bargain1602 burgaine1607 smallholding1696 possession1717 farmlet1794 homecroft1828 croft1850 crofting1851 five-acre1863 three acres and a cow1885 farmette1913 minifundium1950 minifundioa1955 1863 Ld. Tennyson Grandfather xx Harry is in the five-acre. five-and-ten n. (also five-and-ten cent store) North American a store where all the articles were originally priced at either five or ten cents; also colloquial, five-and-dime store. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > other types of shop show shop1787 lock-up shop1795 cash-store1811 boat shop1813 slaughter shop1841 slaughterhouse1851 ticket-shop1851 charity shop1853 magic shop1853 company store1872 Army and Navy1878 five-and-ten1880 farthing-shop1889 funeral home1895 goodwill1916 shop-within-(a)-shop1916 cash and carry1917 Piggly Wiggly1917 poverty shop1948 discount house1949 anchor1960 box store1976 mom-and-pop1976 op shop1978 duty-free1980 pound shop1983 pop-up2000 1880 in Sat. Evening Post (1940) 10 Feb. 23/3 Woolworth Bros. 5 & 10 Cent Store. 1907 ‘O. Henry’ Trimmed Lamp & Other Stories 115 Did you ever notice me..peering in the window of the five-and-ten? 1922 L. Mumford in H. E. Stearns Civilization in U.S. 9 In the five and ten cent store it is possible for the circumscribed factory operative to obtain the illusion of unmoderated expenditure. 1924 Antiques May 229/2 Of course, we are all familiar with the ordinary pink, white and baby blue celluloid thimble of the present-day five-and-ten-cent store! 1934 J. T. Farrell Young Manhood in Studs Lonigan (1936) i. 160 A small American flag which he'd copped from the nearby five-and-dime store. 1945 S. Lewis Cass Timberlane (1946) xxv. 166 The lone goldfish in a bowl which she sheepishly brought home from the Five and Ten. † five-cards n. Obsolete (see quot.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > five-cards five-cards1674 fives1674 1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester 123 Five Cards is an Irish game..There are but two can play at it, and there are dealt five cards apiece. five-corner n. (also five-corners) Australian the fruit of Styphelia triflora, or the plant itself. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > berry-bush or -tree > [noun] > Australasian redberry1785 five-corner1826 wax-cluster1834 mako1848 makomako1848 snowberry1880 sea-berry1884 ground-berry1889 wineberry1889 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > other tropical or exotic fruits tamarind1539 guava1555 genipat1568 jack1582 genipap1613 custard apple1648 star apple1693 sweet-sop1696 breadfruit1697 sugar-apple1739 sweet-apple1760 guarri1789 ackee1792 marmalade-box1796 five-corner1826 jakkalsbessie1854 Molucca berry1861 bullock's heart1866 guava-apple1866 vegetable egg1866 Jew plum1880 1826 J. Atkinson Acct. Agric. & Grazing New S. Wales 19 The native cherry, five corners, jibbong, and others, are merely tasteless berries. 1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms xxxiii You won't turn a five-corner into a quince..dig and water as you like. five-day week n. a working week of five days. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a week > [noun] > as a unit for reckoning work, etc. week1389 weekdaya1400 five-day week1926 society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [noun] > working week workweek1892 five-day week1926 1926 Sat. Rev. 2 Oct. 367/2 Mr. Ford has inaugurated a five-day working week... The five-day week cannot be isolated from the whole Ford policy. 1930 N.Y. Times 5 Dec. 3/2 The universal adoption of the five-day week by American industry would have the..effect of returning to employment all..now out of work. 1935 Discovery Aug. 221/1 The five-day week has already arrived, the four-day week will come and there will be increasing leisure to be employed. † five-double adj. Obsolete (a) five-fold; (b) consisting of five twice over; also adv. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > five > [adjective] > fivefold fivefoldc1000 five-double1552 quintuple?1563 quintuplicate1656 quincuple1724 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > five > [adjective] > consisting of five twice over five-double1552 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > five > [adverb] > five twice over five-double1552 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Ffyue double, quincuplex. 1594 2nd Rep. Dr. Faustus sig. K Euerie archer beeing fiue double furnished. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. ii. 86 O faire, fiue-double Round. five-eighth n. Rugby Union and Rugby League Football (New Zealand and Australian) one of two players stationed between the scrum-half and the centre three-quarter. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > [noun] > types of player > player or position full back1875 goal kick1875 No. eight1876 goalkicker1879 three-quarter back1880 handler1888 three-quarter1889 heeler1892 scrum half1894 lock forward1898 standoff1902 five-eighth1905 hooker1905 threes1905 flying half1906 loose head1907 standoff1908 fly-half1918 fly1921 inside half1921 outside half1921 scrum1921 inside centre1936 flank forward1937 out-half1949 prop1950 prop forward1951 number eight1952 flanker1953 tight head1959 back-rower1969 second rower1969 striker1973 packman1992 1905 Westm. Gaz. 5 Oct. 10/2 Their three three-quarters and two ‘five-eighths’ gave them..a three-quarter line of five men. 1906 D. Gallaher & W. J. Stead Compl. Rugby Footballer 76 During very many matches of the British tour, one of the present writers (Stead) played five-eighth to Roberts. 1927 Daily Tel. 27 Sept. 14/1 I place no value at all on the fact that they indulged in five-eighths, and multiplied the number of potential attackers immediately in rear of the scrummage. 1958 Times 22 Oct. 14/3 He has played for Australia against New Zealand in the stead of no less a five-eighth than A. Summons. 1969 Australian 24 May 36/4 The class of Balmain five-eighth, Dave Bolton, should be the deciding factor in the backs. 1969 Sydney Morning Herald 24 May 28/2 The move of captain Terry Rigney from full-back to five-eighth several weeks ago was one of the trumpets that heralded Gordon's renewed vigour. five-figure adj. (a) evaluated to or containing tabular entries of five significant figures or five decimal places; (b) worth ten thousand pounds or more. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical notation or symbol > [adjective] > written or designated by figures > of arithmetical significance signifying1543 six-figure1840 five-figure1842 society > trade and finance > monetary value > [adjective] > specific values twopenny1532 sixpenny1592 fourpenny1597 threepenny1627 ninepenny1632 ten-pound1673 two-bit1802 four-figure1842 million-dollar1854 two-cent1859 thousand-guinea1894 thruppence1895 five-figure1971 six-figure1971 1842 Penny Cycl. XXIII. 499/1 Lalande, ‘Tables de Logarithmes’... Five-figure tables throughout, and no mistake has ever been found in them. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXIII. 499/2 ‘Tables for Nautical Men.’ Contains five-figure logarithms, neatly printed. 1861 C. Knight Eng. Cycl.: Arts & Sci. VII. 1006 The necessity of dispensing with printed differences is alone almost fatal to the attempt at giving five-figure logarithms on one sheet. 1861 C. Knight Eng. Cycl.: Arts & Sci. VII. 1007 The first British five-figure table..which gives Gauss's table. 1929 Hall & Rideal (title) Cambridge Five-Figure Tables. 1948 C. E. Attwood Pract. Five-figure Math. Tables p. iv Mean proportional parts have been provided for five-figure values of cubes or areas of circles. 1971 E. Lemarchand Death on Doomsday vi. 85 They've got some pictures... One or two in the five-figure class at present values. † five-foot n. Obsolete = five-finger n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [noun] > subphylum Eleutherozoa > class Asteroidea > unspecified and miscellaneous types five-foot1659 rose1668 five-finger1678 sun shellfish1688 urchin starfish1688 sea-toad1710 1659 G. Torriano Florio's Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese Stellione, the star-fish, or five-foot-fish. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Five-foot [printed foor] or Star-fish. five hundred n. originally U.S. a variety of euchre in which five hundred points constitute a game (Webster Addenda 1918). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > euchre > [noun] > variety of love1886 five hundred1920 1920 S. Lewis Main St. 195 What do you say we go down to Jack Elder's and have a game of five hundred? 1936 ‘R. Hyde’ Passport to Hell 118 ‘Five hundred’ and louse-catching were the major sports of Gallipoli. 1959 Sunday Times 22 Feb. 16/4 Five Hundred..never had much success in this country. five-lined adj. consisting of or marked with five lines, esp. of a parliamentary ‘whip’ with five underlinings to denote urgency. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > notation > [adjective] > stave five-lined1787 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [adjective] > subjected to whip > type of whip two-line1770 five-lined1787 three-lineda1912 three-line1939 1787 J. Hawkins Life Johnson 418 Roubiliac called for paper, and scored thereon a few five-lined staves. 1884 Liverpool Mercury 18 Feb. 5/6 The following five-lined whip..has been issued to members. five-maled adj. having five male organs or stamens, pentandrous.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ a1794 W. Jones Tales (1807) 171 This five-mal'd single-femal'd flow'r. Five-mile Act n. an act passed in 1665 forbidding Non-conformist teachers who refused to take the non-resistance oath, to come within five miles of any town, etc. ΘΚΠ society > law > types of laws > [noun] > concerning religion Bloody Statutea1648 Five-mile Act1672 Corporation Act1679 test-law1687 Bill of Toleration1692 Test Act1708 Schism Act1733 Schism Bill1733 penal codea1777 Veto Act1835 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i, in Wks. (1873) III. 224 I thought he deserved to be within the ‘five-mile Act’, and not to come within that distance of any corporation. 1689 Apol. Failures G. Walker's Acct. Siege of Derry 24 Five-mile-Acts. Five Nations n. [nation n.¹ 5] five confederated North American Indian peoples collectively known as the Iroquois n. and adj.; later joined by the Tuscaroras to become the Six Nations (six adj. and n. Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of North-Eastern America > [noun] > Iroquois peoples > five or six nations Five Nations1688 Six Nations1710 1688 Pennsylvania Arch. (1852) 1st Ser. I. 104 The five Nations or Cantons of Indians. 1703 tr. L. de Lahontan New Voy. N.-Amer. I. 58 Every year the five Cantons send Deputies..to smoak in the great Calumet, or Pipe of the five Nations. 1713 Col. Rec. N. Carolina II. 24 To fly to the Indians and hire them to be mediators of a peace..would be derogatory to Her Majesty's honor, and might encourage the five nations to set Indians against Her Majesty's subjects. 1789 Deb. Congr. U.S. 25 May (1834) 41 Resolved. That the Superintendent of Indian Affairs..inform the Five Nations, the Hurons, and other Indian nations,..that Congress..received their said representation. 1852 J. Reynolds Pioneer Hist. Illinois 35 The bitter hostility of the Iroquois or Five Nations to the French. 1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 454/1 (New York) Forming permanent settlements about the headwaters of the streams which gave them passage to the heart of the country, they organized the political league or confederacy known as the Five Nations. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. VII. 754/1 Iroquois was the name of a great confederation of North American tribes, formed about 1570... At first called the ‘Five Nations’ (Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga and Seneca), they became the ‘Six Nations’ of the ‘Long House’ when the Tuscarora joined them in 1715. five-nine n. a type of shell used by the German forces in the 1914–18 war; a gun that fires such a shell. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > gun by calibre nine point two1898 five-ninea1918 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > shell > other types of shell carcass1684 light ball1729 anchor ball1779 shrapnel1810 hollow shot1862 segment-shell1862 blind-shell1864 ring-shot1868 star shell1876 ring-shell1879 pipsqueak1900 Black Maria1914 coal box1914 crump1914 Jack Johnson1914 Archie1915 Little Willie1915 whizz-bang1915 woolly bear1915 fizzbang1916 five-ninea1918 ashcan1918 cream puff1918 sea-bag1918 pudding1919 G.I. can1929 flechette1961 a1918 W. Owen Coll. Poems (1963) 55 Deaf even to the hoots Of tired, outstripped Five-Nines that dropped behind. 1930 E. Blunden Summer's Fancy 49 The five-nines drop like hail. 1960 J. Betjeman Summoned by Bells iii. 27 When Poperinghe and Zillebeke and Mons Boomed with five-nines. five-o'clock n. (see A. 2b), used attributively in five o'clock shadow (see quot.1937), five-o'clock tea (colloquial shortened a five o'clock). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > afternoon meal undermealc1440 undern1691 goûter1792 five-o'clock tea1869 merienda1880 the world > life > the body > hair > hair on lower part of face > [noun] bristlea1300 subboscos1579 suberch1592 stubblea1596 whiskerc1600 facial hair1830 face fungus1904 zit1912 five o'clock shadow1937 shrubbery1937 1869 L. M. Alcott Little Women II. x. 143 Mrs. Kirke asked me if I wouldn't go down to the five-o'clock dinner. 1872 Ld. Shaftesbury in E. Hodder Life Earl Shaftesbury (1886) III. 307 Five o'clock tea, that pernicious, unprincipled and stomach-ruining habit. 1882 Worcs. Exhib. Catal. iii. 4 Five o'clock tea sets in fine porcelain. 1886 Punch 16 Jan. 36/2 Ladies invite their friends to ‘a five-o'clock’. 1926 C. Sidgwick Sack & Sugar i. 9 Eva had invited her future in-laws..to five o'clock. 1937 Time 11 Oct. 33/1 (advt.) ‘5 o'clock Shadow’—that unsightly beard growth which appears prematurely at about 5 P.M., looks bad. 1960 O. Manning Great Fortune ii. x. 115 The café..was crowded for the ‘five-o'clock’, which here [i.e. in Bucharest] meant coffee or chocolate, and cakes. 1969 New Yorker 6 Sept. 115/1 Mr. Nixon, however, was given a deep five-o'clock shadow by the Rumanian artist. five-out measure n. (see quot.). ΚΠ 1909 Daily Chron. 12 May 1/4 As a rule, he serves his customer from a ‘five-out’ measure, which gives five drops of whisky to the quartern, or 160 to the gallon. five percenter n. U.S. an agent who, in return for a percentage fee, assists businessmen to obtain Government contracts, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > businessman > [noun] > business agent > for a percentage commission agent1798 five percenter1949 1949 Life 24 Oct. 97/2 Be unswervingly loyal to all his party friends, even if they turn into five-percenters. five-per-cents. n. stock or shares paying five per cent. interest on their nominal value. † five-piece n. Obsolete a five-pound piece. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > coin of five pounds five-piece1667 1667 S. Pepys Diary 21 Sept. This day also came out first the new five-pieces in gold, coined by the Guiny Company. Five-Pointer n. a member of a criminal gang named from the Five Points district in New York City. ΚΠ 1878 B. F. Taylor Between Gates 88 He is neither the rowdy, the Five-Pointer, the wharf rat, the Bowery Boy, or the bummer. five-score n. rarely used for ‘a hundred’ (Shakespeare). five-shooter n. a five-chambered revolver. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > pistol > revolver > types of six-shooter1844 five-shooter1848 belt revolver1853 six-shooting1858 pepperbox1861 service revolver1864 navy1867 six chamber1877 forty-five1881 pepper castor1889 hip revolver1897 six-gun1912 six chamber revolver1922 police special1935 thirty-two1942 thirty-eight1953 1848 Gem of Prairie (Chicago) 30 Sept. 6/2 These desperadoes are..well armed with the formidable ‘five-shooter’. c1900 R. L. Hale Log of Forty-Niner 92 I had seen in his belt a bowie, and a five shooter. five-shot adj. having five cartridge chambers. ΚΠ 1897 Westm. Gaz. 30 Nov. 4/3 The Mouzin five-shot magazine rifle of 3 in. five stones n. = chucks at chuck n.³ 5. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > five-stones or knuckle-bones morteaulxa1475 martel1481 cockal1586 check-stone1587 guile-bones1606 dab-stone1652 dibstones1692 dibs1736 jackstones1783 Jack1863 knuckle-bone1884 five stones1900 1900 in Eng. Dial. Dict. II. 373/2 They are lakin' [= playing] at fahv steeans. 1916 Banffshire Jrnl. 25 Apr. 3/3 Recollections. School Life in 1857... Early arrival was common..and the time left available was spent in the resting game of ‘Five Stanes’. 1948 H. M. Gunn Silver Bough xix. 144 ‘What's five-stones?’ ‘Och, just a lassie's game!’ 1985 Sunday Tel. 1 Sept. (Colour Suppl.) 12/2 He could shoot a marble farther than I could, but I always won the game of five stones (for which, surely, greater skill is needed). five-stroke n. Billiards a stroke by which five points are scored. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > actions or types of play > type of stroke hazard1674 carambole1775 carom1779 cannon1802 screw1825 sidestroke1834 following stroke1837 cannonade1844 five-stroke1847 follow1850 scratch1850 fluke1857 jenny1857 bank shot1859 angle shot1860 draw shot1860 six-stroke1861 run-through1862 spot1868 quill1869 dead-stroke1873 loser1873 push1873 push stroke1873 stab1873 stab screw1873 draw1881 force1881 plant1884 anchor cannon1893 massé1901 angle1902 cradle-cannon1907 pot1907 jump shot1909 carry-along1913 snooker1924 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxii. 190 How well he made that five stroke, eh? five-to-two n. Rhyming slang a Jew. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > Semite > [noun] > Jew JudeishOE Judew?a1160 Jewa1225 Jew mana1382 Israelitec1384 Hebrewc1450 Hebraean1509 Christ-killer1532 Hebrician1542 Jacobinea1625 Shylock1786 Jew boy1796 sheeny1824 ikey1836 Moses1844 Yahudi1858 Yiddisher1859 Yid1874 Semite1881 mocky1893 kike1901 five-to-two1914 Jewy1914 shonicker1914 ikeymo1922 non-Aryan1922 non-Aryan1924 four-by-two1936 shonk1938 bagel1956 Hymie1956 mock1967 yiddo1972 1914 C. Mackenzie Sinister St. II. iv. iv. 930 Fancy going off..with that big-mouthed five-to-two. 1932 ‘P. P.’ Rhyming Slang 21 Five to two, Jew. 1941 G. Kersh They die with their Boots Clean i. 40 A Five is a Five-to-Two, or Jew. 1948 E. Waugh Loved One 7 They respect us. Your five-to-two is a judge of quality. five-yearly adj. celebrated every five years, quinquennial. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > occurring every specific number of years quinquennal1532 quinquennial1601 five-yearly1619 centenary1620 septennial1640 triannual1640 triennial1642 septennary1644 sexennial1646 trieterical1646 novennial1656 octennial1656 trieteric1656 quinquennalian1692 quadrenniala1700 biennial1750 sexennary1753 lustral1781 centennial1797 quaternal1813 sextennial1814 septendecennial1834 septemdecenary1843 undecennarya1847 bicentenary1862 bicentennial1883 quadricentennial1889 trigintennial1894 twelve-yearly1906 vigintennial1921 1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. ii. vii. 176 This proclamation was made..at the Quinquennal, or fiue-yeerly playes. five-year plan n. a scheme for the economic development of the U.S.S.R. over a period of five years, inaugurated in 1928; later of other countries and repeated in the U.S.S.R. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > management of national resources > [noun] > political economy > planning scheme or system central planning1922 five-year plan1929 tripartism1961 market testing1991 1929 Times 9 July 15/3 Soviet Industries. Failure of Five-Year Plan. 1929 Times 9 July 15/3 A special conference to consider how far Soviet organizations have succeeded during the past eight months in carrying out the five-year economic plan. 1932 Ann. Reg. 1931 ii. 220 The Cabinet [of Romania]..drew up a ‘five-year plan’ for agriculture. 1938 Time 10 Jan. 20/1 The second Five-Year Plan ended last week, and the Soviet Union entered 1938 by starting on a third. 1969 N. W. Pirie Food Resources i. 36 The Indian Government is sometimes condemned because the fourth Five Year Plan..envisages only a 1 per cent increase. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † fivev. Etymology: < five adj. Obsolete. a. In the game of Five-cards: to five it (see quot.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [verb (transitive)] > actions in specific games to five it1674 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [verb (intransitive)] > actions in specific games > in five-cards five1674 1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester xiii. 123 Before you play, ask whether he will five it, if he speaks affirmatively turn up the next Card of the Pack under that first turn'd up, and that must be trumps; if not play it out. b. transitive (nonce-use.) To count by fives. ΚΠ 1769 R. Wood Lang. & Learning in Ess. Homer When therefore I say that he fived them I take the liberty of coining a word..corresponding precisely with the old Greek term [πεμπάσσεται]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.n.c1000v.1674
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