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mmonly called an absent man is commonly either a very weak or a very affected man. Chesterfield.

A collegian. [R.] Chesterfield.

equest. The treaty of Hanover in 1725 . . . to which the Dutch afterwards acceded. Chesterfield.

racter; a casualty; a mishap; as, to die by an accident. Of moving accidents by flood and field. Shak. Thou cam'st not to thy place by accident: It is the very place God meant for thee. Trench.

The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed. The system of warfare . . . which had already converted immense tracts into one universal aceldama. De Quincey.…

Any field of arable or pasture land. [Obs.]

By day, or every day; in the daytime. [Obs.] Fielding.

Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway. "The adjacent forest." B. Jonson. Adjacent or contiguous angle. (Geom.) See Angle.

eputation is, and how swift and advantageous a harbinger it is, wherever one goes. Chesterfield.

The great wild-oat grass or other cornfield weed. Crabb.

A ground or field, esp. one equipped with housing and other facilities, used for flying purposes. -- A`ër*o*drom"ic (#), a.

merican plant (Tagetes erecta). -- African oak or African teak, a timber furnished by Oldfieldia Africana, used in ship building. African violet African-American, a United States citizen of African descent.

ason; against law; to run a race against time. The gate would have been shut against her. Fielding. An argument against the use of steam. Tyndale.

Pertaining to fields, or lands, or their tenure; esp., relating to am equal or equitable division of lands; as, the agrarian laws of Rome, which distributed the conquered and other public lands among citizens. His Grace's landed possessions are irresistibly inviting to an agrarian experiment. Burke.…

Pertaining to fields or the country, in opposition to the city; rural; rustic; unpolished; uncouth. "Agrestic behavior." Gregory.

In or to the front; in advance; onward. The island bore but a little ahead of us. Fielding.

p in a magnetic or electric circuit; specif., in a dynamo or motor, the space between the field-magnet poles and the armature; clearance.

moth, biggest born of earth, upheaved His vastness. Milton. Fly o'er waste fens and windy fields. Tennyson.

velocities but small masses. They are slightly deflected by a strong magnetic or electric field.

Characterized by wrangling; scolding. [R.] Fielding.