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Equal, or nearly equal; as, fields of like extent. More clergymen were impoverished by the late war than ever in the like space before. Sprat.

That which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yes. I have a goodly heritage. Ps. xvi. 6.

nts were fairly liquidated, I believe you would be brought in considerable debtor. Chesterfield.

A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a race or combat. Chaucer. In measured lists to toss the weighty lance. Pope. To enter the lists, to accept a challenge, or engage in contest.

ion; disputable; controvertible; debatable; doubtful; precarious. Shak. No fences, parted fields, nor marks, nor bounds, Distinguished acres of litigious grounds. Dryden.

being so kept. Pegasus does not stand at livery even at the largest establishment in Moorfields. Lowell.

e of timber with a forked end, used in dragging a heavy stone, a log, or the like, from a field. Lizard fish (Zoöl.), a marine scopeloid fish of the genus Synodus, or Saurus, esp. S. foetens of the Southern United States and West Indies; -- called also sand pike. -- Lizard snake (Zoöl.), the garter snake (Eutænia sirt…

An open space between cultivated fields through which cattle are driven, and where the cows are sometimes milked; also, a lane. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

A dealer in, or negotiator of, loans. The millions of the loanmonger. Beaconsfield.

olly pine (Bot.), a kind of pitch pine found from Delaware southward along the coast; old field pine (Pinus Tæda). Also, P. Bahamensis, of the West Indies. -- Loblolly tree (Bot.), a name of several West Indian trees, having more or less leathery foliage, but alike in no other respect; as Pisonia subcordata, Cordia al…

Made slow and heavy in movement; water-logged. Beaconsfield.

A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field; as, a building lot in a city. The defendants leased a house and lot in the city of New York. Kent.

de; -- used in counting score at tennis, etc. He won the match by three sets to love. The Field.

grand or merely pretty; as, a lovely view; a lovely valley; a lovely melody. Indeed these fields Are lovely, lovelier not the Elysian lawns. Tennyson.

Divided into lozenge-shaped compartments, as the field or a bearing, by lines drawn in the direction of the bend sinister.

To take luncheon. Beaconsfield.

A fieldwork consisting of two faces, forming a salient angle, and two parallel flanks. See Bastion.

A sacrifice, or ceremony, by which cities, fields, armies, or people, defiled by crimes, pestilence, or other cause of uncleanness, were purified.

n use for the garden species. The corn cockle (Lychnis Githago) is a common weed in wheat fields.

Wet; moist; as, a madid eye. [R.] Beaconsfield.