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An exclamation denoting contempt or dislike. See Fy. Fuller.

An estate held of a superior on condition of military service; a fee; a feud. See under Benefice, n., 2.

A piece of land of considerable size; esp., a piece inclosed for tillage or pasture. Fields which promise corn and wine. Byron.

Engaged in the field; encamped. [Obs.] To help fielded friends. Shak.

Consisting of fields. [Obs.] The fielden country also and plains. Holland.

A ball payer who stands out in the field to catch or stop balls.

a small thrush (Turdus pilaris) which breeds in northern Europe and winters in Great Britain. The head, nape, and lower part of the back are ash-colored; the upper part of the back and wing coverts, chestnut; -- called also fellfare.

The act of playing as a fielder.

A cannon mounted on wheels, for the use of a marching army; a piece of field artillery; -- called also field gun.

Any temporary fortification thrown up by an army in the field; -- commonly in the plural. All works which do not come under the head of permanent fortification are called fieldworks. Wilhelm.

Open, like a field. [Obs.] Wyclif.

nal being; -- applied specifically to the devil or a demon. Into this wild abyss the wary fiend Stood on the brink of Hell and looked a while. Milton. O woman! woman! when to ill thy mind Is bent, all hell contains no fouler fiend. Pope.

Full of fiendish spirit or arts. Marlowe. -- Fiend"ful*ly, adv.

Like a fiend; diabolically wicked or cruel; infernal; malignant; devilish; hellish. -- Fiend"ish*ly, adv. -- Fiend"ish*ness, n.

Fiendish; diabolical. Longfellow.

Fiendlike; monstrous; devilish. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A genus of small, slender fishes, remarkable for their habit of living as commensals in other animals. One species inhabits the gill cavity of the pearl oyster near Panama; another lives within an East Indian holothurian.

Furious; violent; unrestrained; impetuous; as, a fierce wind. His fierce thunder drove us to the deep. Milton.

A judicial writ that lies for one who has recovered in debt or damages, commanding the sheriff that he cause to be made of the goods, chattels, or real estate of the defendant, the sum claimed. Blackstone. Cowell.

The quality of being fiery; heat; acrimony; irritability; as, a fieriness of temper. Addison.