Definition of wive

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Wive (v. t.) To take for a wife; to marry.

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Swivel-eyed :: Swivel (v. i.) To swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot..
Wived :: Wived (imp. & p. p.) of Wiv.
Wivern :: Wivern (n.) A fabulous two-legged, winged creature, like a cockatrice, but having the head of a dragon, and without spurs..
Trigamy :: Trigamy (n.) The act of marrying, or the state of being married, three times; also, the offense of having three husbands or three wives at the same time..
Turn-buckle :: Turn-buckle (n.) A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc..
Alewives :: Alewives (pl. ) of Alewif.
Chichevache :: Chichevache (n.) A fabulous cow of enormous size, whose food was patient wives, and which was therefore in very lean condition..
Loper :: Loper (n.) A swivel at one end of a ropewalk, used in laying the strands..
Truck :: Truck (v. i.) A swiveling carriage, consisting of a frame with one or more pairs of wheels and the necessary boxes, springs, etc., to carry and guide one end of a locomotive or a car; -- sometimes called bogie in England. Trucks usually have four or six wheels..
Ring :: Ring (n.) An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite..
Swivel :: Swivel (a.) A piece, as a ring or hook, attached to another piece by a pin, in such a manner as to permit rotation about the pin as an axis..
Trigamist :: Trigamist (n.) One who has been married three times; also, one who has three husbands or three wives at the same time..
Harem :: Harem (n.) The family of wives and concubines belonging to one man, in Mohammedan countries; a seraglio..
Wives :: Wives (n.) pl. of Wife.
Swivel :: Swivel (a.) A small piece of ordnance, turning on a point or swivel; -- called also swivel gun..
Wive :: Wive (v. t.) To match to a wife; to provide with a wife.
Swivel :: Swive (v. t.) To copulate with (a woman).
Polygamy :: Polygamy (n.) The having of a plurality of wives or husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a man to more than one woman, or the practice of having several wives, at the same time; -- opposed to monogamy; as, the nations of the East practiced polygamy. See the Note under Bigamy, and cf. Polyandry..
Amusette :: Amusette (n.) A light field cannon, or stocked gun mounted on a swivel..
Wive :: Wive (v. i.) To marry, as a man; to take a wife..
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