See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

FIELD (a word See also:

• COMMON

common to many See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth, and ultimately with See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)  , open See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country as opposed to woodland or to the See also:

• TOWN

town, and particularly See also:

• LAND

land for cultivation divided up into See also:

• SEPARATE

separate portions by hedges, See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks, See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone walls, &c.; also used in See also:

• COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination with words denoting the See also:

• CROP (a word common. in various forms, such as Germ. Kropf, to many Teutonic languages for a swelling, excrescence, round head or top of anything; it appears also in Romanic languages derived from Teutonic, in Fr. as troupe, whence the English " crupper "

crop grown on such a portion of land, such as See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn-See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field, See also:

• TURNIP

turnip-field, &c . The word is similarly applied to a region with particular reference to its products, as oil-field, See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold-field, &c . For the " open " or " See also:

• COMMON

common field See also:

• SYSTEM

system of See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

agriculture in See also:

• VILLAGE

village communities see See also:

• COMMONS

COMMONS . Generally with a reference to their " See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild " as opposed to their " domestic " nature " field " is applied to many animals, such as the " field-See also:

• MOUSE

mouse." There are many applications of the word; thus from the use of the See also:

• TERM

term for the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place where a See also:

• BATTLE

battle is fought, and widely of the whole See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war, come such phrases as to " take the field " for the opening of a See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign, " in the field " of troops that are engaged in the operations of a campaign . It is frequently used figuratively in this sense, of the subject See also:

• MATTER

matter of a controversy, and also appears in military usage, in field-fortification, field-See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day and the like . A "field-officer" is one who ranks above a See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain and below a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general (see See also:

• OFFICERS

OFFICERS); a field See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

marshal is the highest See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of general officer in the See also:

• BRITISH

British and many See also:

• EUROPEAN

European armies (see MARSHAL) . " Field" is used in many See also:

• GAMES, CLASSICAL

games, partly with the See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of an enclosed space, partly with the idea of the ground of military operations, for the ground in which such games as See also:

• CRICKET
• CRICKET (Gryllidae)

cricket, See also:

• FOOTBALL

football, baseball and the like are played . Hence it is applied to those players in cricket and baseball who are not " in," and " to field " is to perform the functions of such a player—to stop or catch the See also:

• BALL (in Mid. Eng. bal; the word is probably cognate with " bale," Teutonic in origin, cf. also Lat. falls, and Gr. 7raXXa)
• BALL, JOHN (1585-1640)
• BALL, JOHN (1818-1889)
• BALL, JOHN (d. 1381)
• BALL, SIR ALEXANDER JOHN, BART
• BALL, THOMAS (1819- )

ball played by the " in " See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side . " The field " is used in See also:

• HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,booty)

hunting, &c., for those taking See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• SPORT (a contracted or shortened form of "disport," to amuse, divert oneself, O. Fr. se dis porter or deporter, to leave off work, hence to play, Lat. dis-, away, and portare, to carry; the origin of the meaning lies in the notion of turning away from ser

sport, and in racing for all the horses entered for a See also:

• RACE

race, and, in such expressions as " to back the field," is confined to all the horses with the exception of the " favourite." A common application of the word is to a See also:

• SURFACE

surface, more or less wide, as of the See also:

• SKY (M. Eng. skie, cloud; O. Eng. skua, shade; connected with an Indo-European root sku, cover, whence " scum," Lat. obscurus, dark, &c.)

sky or See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, or of such See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical phenomena as See also:

• ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

ice or See also:

• SNOW (in O. Eng. sndw; a common Indo-European word; cf. in Teutonic languages, Ger. Schnee, Du. sneeuw; in Slavonic snieg', Lith. snegas; Gr. vi4a, Lat. nix, nivis, whence the Romanic forms, Ital. neve, Fr. neige, &c.; Ir. and Gael. sneachd; the original

snow, and particularly of the ground, of a See also:

• SPECIAL

special " See also:

• TINCTURE (Fr. teinture, Lat. tinctura, tingere, to dye, stain)

tincture," on which armorial See also:

• BEARINGS

bearings are displayed (see See also:

• HERALDRY

HERALDRY) ; it is thus used also of the " ground " of a See also:

• FLAG (or " FLAGGE," a common Teutonic word in this sense, but apparently first recorded in English)

flag, thus the See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white See also:

• ENSIGN (through the Fr. enseigne from the Latin plural insignia)

ensign of the British See also:

• NAVY

navy has a red St See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George's See also:

• CROSS

cross on a white " field." In scientific usage the word is also used of the See also:

• SPHERE (Gr. vclsa?pa, a ball or globe)

sphere of observation or of operations, and has come to be almost See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent to a See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of knowledge . In physics, a particular application is that to the See also:

• AREA

area which is influenced by some See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent, as in the magnetic or electric field . The field of observation or view is the area within which See also:

• OBJECTS

objects can be seen through any See also:

• OPTICAL

optical See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument at any one position . A " field-See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass " is the name given to a See also:

• BINOCULAR

binocular glass used in the field (see BINOCULAR INSTRUMENT); the older See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of field-glass was a small achromatic See also:

• TELESCOPE

telescope with See also:

• JOINTS

joints .