wifes

1. (nonstandard) plural of wifeform-ofnonstandardplural

2. (obsolete) genitive of wifeExamples: "[…] for all that he had, was litle enough to ſatisfie his wifes ioynter."; "And fearing leſt the torments he felt, might in ſome ſort entender his wifes heart;[…], he beſought her to be pleaſed he might be caried into the next chamber, which was accordingly performed."; "De Salez her Husband ſtriving and ſtrugling for life againſt the pangs of death; fear and haſt (contrary to her intent and mind) had ſo made his murtherous wifes hand ſhake and tremble, as ſhe did not ſo fully cut his throat-bole, but he could yet both cry and groan, which he did very mournfully, and which indeed was ſoon over-heard by a man and a maid-ſervant of his, […]"form-ofgenitiveobsolete