wives

Etymology

noun

1. plural of wife
2. (obsolete) genitive of wife
   […] beautie in his wiues face, will féede his heart with a thouſand delights: […] 3 February 1582, George Whetstone, An Heptameron of Ciuill Discourses.[…], London: […] Richard Iones,[…]
   […] where Hercules and Omphale having changed garments, he lying in his wives clothes, and ſhe in his Lions skin, made the luſtfull God mistake ſo unluckily, […] 1660, H[enry] More, An Explanation of the Grand Mystery of Godliness; or, A True and Faithfull Representation of the Everlasting Gospel of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, the Onely Begotten Son of God and Sovereign over Men and Angels, London: […] J. Flesher, for W. Morden[…], page 80
   He found a freſh Subject for his Admiration, when he ſaw the Prickles on that which bore his Wives Name, and the two others without any. 1711, [Laurent] B[ordelon], translated by [unknown], A History of the Ridiculous Extravagancies of Monsieur Oufle;[…], London: […] J. Morphew,[…], page 43