2. Verb. (third-person singular of jive) ¹
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Definition of Jives
1. jive [v] - See also: jive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jives
Literary usage of Jives
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"... and ¡jives an engraving of the head, with the spike still attached to it; and
he says that it agrees in size and general configuration with the bust in ..."
2. Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1870)
"... jives at once the value : ms of the galvanometric scale of the heating of the
disc equal to 1° on Fahrenheit's scale. Is To ascertain whether the ..."
3. An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific Ocean by William Mariner, John Martin (1817)
"... three, besides Mr. Brown, the whaling-master, were also murdered, making, in
all, twenty-six, who lost their jives on that disastrous occasion. ..."
4. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1772)
"Find the value of the annuity for two lives greater, by the given term of years,
than ihe given jives. ..."
5. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1883)
"So history jives on canvas. In the centre is a group of strollers parading the
fair, in order to collect an audience of their next exhibition ; among them a ..."
6. A Treatise on the Law of Mortgages by John Joseph Powell, Thomas Coventry (1822)
"estate in fee, which be had thus mortgaged, and also an estate for three jives,
to the defendant his wife, and made her sole mere charge of debts on the ..."
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