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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.

To, in, or on the field. "We drove afield." Milton. How jocund did they drive their team afield! Gray.

hot wind from the north; -- now usually called southerly buster. It blew across the Brickfields, formerly so called, a district of Sydney, and carried clouds of dust into the city.

A field where corn is or has been growing; -- in England, a field of wheat, rye, barley, or oats; in America, a field of Indian corn.

A field where grain is grown.

A field where grass for hay has been cut; a meadow. Cowper.

Afield adjacent to its owner's home. Hawthorne.

To inclose, as a field. [R.]

Arable land which has been or is being exhausted. See Infield, 1. [Scot.]

ere; to maintain. The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first. Fielding.

Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn. He waxeth at your abode here. Fielding.

Manner of approaching or accosting; address. Chesterfield.