Definition of "wives"

[…] beautie in his wiues face, will féede his heart with a thouſand delights: […]

1582 February 3, 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