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hives noun A rash afflicting infants that is sometimes viewed by folk belief as symptomatic of a potentially fatal internal disorder.

1939 Hall Coll (Catons Grove TN) Black snakeroot, that’s one of the best remedies I ever saw used for hives ... Ground ivy is a good tea for hives for babies. 1971 Granny Women 252 Catnip tea, ground ivy, or red elder was supposed t’break’em out and make’em have th’hives—which th’doctors don’t believe in now, and I don’t either. 1982 Powers and Hannah Cataloochee 258 There was a vine she called “ground ivy” ... she boiled it to make a tea to give small babies to break them out with the hives.