Coal field
(Geol.) See under Coal. — Field artillery, light ordnance mounted on wheels, for the use
of a marching army. — Field basil (Bot.), a plant of the Mint family (Calamintha Acinos); — called
also basil thyme. — Field colors (Mil.), small flags for marking out the positions for squadrons and
battalions; camp colors. — Field cricket (Zoöl.), a large European cricket (Gryllus campestric), remarkable
for its loud notes. — Field day. (a) A day in the fields. (b) (Mil.) A day when troops are taken into
the field for instruction in evolutions. Farrow. (c) A day of unusual exertion or display; a gala day. —
Field driver, in New England, an officer charged with the driving of stray cattle to the pound. - - Field
duck (Zoöl.), the little bustard found in Southern Europe. — Field glass. (Optics) (a) A binocular
telescope of compact form; a lorgnette; a race glass. (b) A small achromatic telescope, from 20 to 24
inches long, and having 3 to 6 draws. (c) See Field lens. — Field lark. (Zoöl.) (a) The skylark. (b)
The tree pipit. — Field lens (Optics), that one of the two lenses forming the eyepiece of an astronomical
telescope or compound microscope which is nearer the object glass; — called also field glass. — Field
madder (Bot.), a plant (Sherardia arvensis) used in dyeing. — Field marshal (Mil.), the highest
military rank conferred in the British and other European armies. — Field mouse (Zoöl.), a mouse
inhabiting fields, as the campagnol and the deer mouse. See Campagnol, and Deer mouse. — Field
officer (Mil.), an officer above the rank of captain and below that of general. — Field officer's court
(U.S.Army), a court-martial consisting of one field officer empowered to try all cases, in time of war,
subject to jurisdiction of garrison and regimental courts. Farrow. — Field plover (Zoöl.), the black-
bellied plover (Charadrius squatarola); also sometimes applied to the Bartramian sandpiper — Field
spaniel (Zoöl.), a small spaniel used in hunting small game. — Field sparrow. (Zoöl.) (a) A small
American sparrow (b) The hedge sparrow. [Eng.] — Field staff> (Mil.), a staff formerly used by gunners
to hold a lighted match for discharging a gun. — Field vole (Zoöl.), the European meadow mouse.
— Field of ice, a large body of floating ice; a pack. — Field, or Field of view, in a telescope or
microscope, the entire space within which objects are seen. — Field magnet. see under Magnet.
— Magnetic field. See Magnetic. — To back the field, or To bet on the field. See under Back,
v. t. — To keep the field. (a) (Mil.) To continue a campaign. (b) To maintain one's ground against
all comers. — To lay, or back, against the field, to bet on (a horse, etc.) against all comers. — To
take the field (Mil.), to enter upon a campaign.
Field
(Field) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fielded; p. pr. & vb. n. Fielding.]
1. To take the field. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. (Ball Playing) To stand out in the field, ready to catch, stop, or throw the ball.
Field
(Field), v. t. (Ball Playing) To catch, stop, throw, etc. as a fielder.