The fielden country also and plains.
Holland.
Field"er (?), n. (Ball Playing) A ball payer who stands out in the
field to catch or stop balls.
Field"fare` (?; 277), n. [OE. feldfare, AS. feldfare; field + faran to
travel.] (Zoˆl.) 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.
Field"ing, n. (Ball Playing) The act of playing as a fielder.
Field"piece` (?), n. A cannon mounted on wheels, for the use of a
marching army; a piece of field artillery; -- called also field gun.
Field"work` (?), n. (Mil.) 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.
Field"y (?), a. Open, like a field. [Obs.] Wyclif.
Fiend (?), n. [OE. fend, find, fiend, feond, fiend, foe, AS. feÛnd;
akin to OS. fond, D. vijand enemy, OHG. fant, G. feind, Icel. fjnd, Sw.
& Dan. fiende, Goth. fijands; orig. p. pr. of a verb meaning to hate,
AS. feÛn, feÛgan, OHG. f&?;n, Goth. fijan, Skr. py to scorn; prob. akin
to E. feud a quarrel. √81. Cf. Foe, Friend.] An implacable or
malicious foe; one who is diabolically wicked or cruel; an infernal
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.
Fiend"ful (?), a. Full of fiendish spirit or arts. Marlowe.
-- Fiend"ful*ly, adv.
Fiend"ish (?), a. Like a fiend; diabolically wicked or cruel; infernal;
malignant; devilish; hellish. -- Fiend"ish*ly, adv. -- Fiend"ish*ness,
n.
Fiend"like` (?), a. Fiendish; diabolical. Longfellow.
Fiend"ly, a. [AS. feÛndlic.] Fiendlike; monstrous; devilish. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
||Fi`e*ras"fer (?), n. [NL.] (Zoˆl.) 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.
Fierce (?), a. [Compar. Fiercer (?); superl. Fiercest (?).] [OE. fers,
fiers, OF. fier, nom. fiers, fierce, savage, cruel, F. fier proud, from
L. ferus wild, savage, cruel; perh. akin to E. bear the animal. Cf.
Feral, Ferocity.] 1. Furious; violent; unrestrained; impetuous; as, a
fierce wind.
His fierce thunder drove us to the deep.
Milton.
2. Vehement in anger or cruelty; ready or eager to kill or injure; of a
nature to inspire terror; ferocious. "A fierce whisper." Dickens. "A
fierce tyrant." Pope.
The fierce foe hung upon our broken rear.
Milton.
Thou huntest me as a fierce lion.
Job. x. 16.