[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

plover \plov"er\, n. of. plovier, f. pluvier, prop., the rain
   bird, fr. ll. assumed pluviarius, fr. l. pluvia rain, from
   pluere to rain; akin to e. float, g. fliessen to flow. see
   float.
   1. zool. any one of numerous species of limicoline birds
      belonging to the family charadridae, and especially
      those belonging to the subfamily charadrinsae. they
      are prized as game birds.
      1913 webster

   2. zool. any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling,
      the true plovers, as the crab plover dromas ardeola;
      the american upland, plover bartramia longicauda; and
      other species of sandpipers.
      1913 webster

   note: among the more important species are the blackbellied
         plover or blackbreasted plover charadrius
         squatarola of america and europe; -- called also
         gray plover, bull-head plover, swiss plover, sea
         plover, and oxeye; the golden plover see under
         golden; the ring plover or ringed plover
         aegialitis hiaticula. see ringneck. the piping
         plover aegialitis meloda; wilson's plover
         aegialitis wilsonia; the mountain plover
         aegialitis montana; and the semipalmated plover
         aegialitis semipalmata, are all small american
         species.
         1913 webster

   bastard plover zool., the lapwing.

   long-legged plover, or yellow-legged plover. see
      tattler.

   plover's page, the dunlin. prov. eng.

   rock plover, or stone plover, the black-bellied plover.
      prov. eng.

   whistling plover.
      a the golden plover.
      b the black-bellied plover.
          1913 webster plow
see also:
float charadridae charadrinsae dromas ardeola bartramia longicauda blackbellied plover 
blackbreasted plover charadrius squatarola gray plover bull-head plover swiss plover 
sea plover oxeye golden plover golden ring plover 
ringed plover aegialitis hiaticula ringneck piping plover aegialitis meloda 
wilson's plover aegialitis wilsonia mountain plover aegialitis montana semipalmated plover 
aegialitis semipalmata bastard plover long-legged plover yellow-legged plover tattler 
plover's page rock plover stone plover whistling plover 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

field \field\ f=eld, n. oe. feld, fild, as. feld; akin to
   d. veld, g. feld, sw. faumlt, dan. felt, icel. fold field
   of grass, as. folde earth, land, ground, os. folda.
   1. cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture;
      cultivated ground; the open country.
      1913 webster

   2. a piece of land of considerable size; esp., a piece
      inclosed for tillage or pasture.
      1913 webster

            fields which promise corn and wine.   --byron.
      1913 webster

   3. a place where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself.
      1913 webster

            in this glorious and well-foughten field. --shak.
      1913 webster

            what though the field be lost?        --milton.
      1913 webster

   4. an open space; an extent; an expanse. esp.:
      a any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn
          or projected.
      b the space covered by an optical instrument at one
          view; as, wide-field binoculars.
          1913 webster + pjc

                without covering, save yon field of stars.
                                                  --shak.
          1913 webster

                ask of yonder argent fields above. --pope.
          1913 webster

   5. her. the whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much
      of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon
      it. see illust. of fess, where the field is represented
      as gules red, while the fess is argent silver.
      1913 webster

   6. an unresticted or favorable opportunity for action,
      operation, or achievement; province; room.
      1913 webster

            afforded a clear field for moral experiments.
                                                  --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   7. sports an open, usually flat, piece of land on which a
      sports contest is played; a playing field; as, a football
      field; a baseball field.

   syn: playing field, athletic field, playing area.
        pjc

   8. specifically: baseball that part of the grounds reserved
      for the players which is outside of the diamond; -- called
      also outfield.
      1913 webster

   9. a geographic region land or sea which has some notable
      feature, activity or valuable resource; as, the diamond
      fields of south africa; an oil field; a gold field; an ice
      field.
      wordnet 1.6

   10. a facility having an airstrip where airplanes can take
       off and land; an airfield.

   syn: airfield, landing field, flying field, aerodrome.
        wordnet 1.6

   11. a collective term for all the competitors in any outdoor
       contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the
       betting.
       1913 webster

   12. a branch of knowledge or sphere of activity; especially,
       a learned or professional discipline; as, she's an expert
       in the field of geology; in what field did she get her
       doctorate?; they are the top company in the field of
       entertainment.

   syn: discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field
        of study, study, branch of knowledge.
        wordnet 1.6

   note: within the master text files of this electronic
         dictionary, where a word is used in a specific sense in
         some specialized field of knowledge, that field is
         indicated by the tags:  preceding that sense of the
         word.
         pjc

   13. a location, usually outdoors, away from a studio or
       office or library or laboratory, where practical work is
       done or data is collected; as, anthropologists do much of
       their work in the field; the paleontologist is in the
       field collecting specimens. usually used in the phrase

   in the field.
      wordnet 1.6

   14. physics the influence of a physical object, such as an
       electrically charged body, which is capable of exerting
       force on objects at a distance; also, the region of space
       over which such an influence is effective; as, the
       earth's gravitational field; an electrical field; a
       magnetic field; a force field.
       pjc

   15. math. a set of elements within which operations can be
       defined analagous to the operations of addition,
       subtraction, multiplication, and division on the real
       numbers; within such a set of elements addition and
       multiplication are commutative and associative and
       multiplication is distributive over addition and there
       are two elements 0 and 1; a commutative division ring;
       as, the set of all rational numbers is a field.
       wordnet 1.6

   note: field is often used adjectively in the sense of
         belonging to, or used in, the fields; especially with
         reference to the operations and equipments of an army
         during a campaign away from permanent camps and
         fortifications. in most cases such use of the word is
         sufficiently clear; as, field battery; field
         fortification; field gun; field hospital, etc. a field
         geologist, naturalist, etc., is one who makes
         investigations or collections out of doors. a survey
         uses a field book for recording field notes, i.e.,
         measurment, observations, etc., made in field work
         outdoor operations. a farmer or planter employs field
         hands, and may use a field roller or a field derrick.
         field sports are hunting, fishing, athletic games, etc.
         1913 webster

   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 zool., 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 zool., the little bustard otis tetrax,
      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. zool.
       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 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 zool., the black-bellied plover charadrius
      squatarola; also sometimes applied to the bartramian
      sandpiper bartramia longicauda.

   field spaniel zool., a small spaniel used in hunting
      small game.

   field sparrow. zool.
       a a small american sparrow spizella pusilla.
       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 zool., 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 against the field or to back against the field, to
      bet on a horse, etc. against all comers.

   to take the field mil., to enter upon a campaign.
      1913 webster
see also:
fess outfield in the field coal field coal field artillery 
field basil calamintha acinos basil thyme field colors field cricket 
gryllus campestric field day field driver field duck otis tetrax 
field glass field lens field lark field glass field madder 
sherardia arvensis field marshal field officer field officer's court field plover 
charadrius squatarola bartramia longicauda field spaniel field sparrow spizella pusilla 
field staff field vole field of ice field field of view 
field magnet magnet magnetic field magnetic to back the field 
to bet on the field back to keep the field to lay against the field to back against the field 
to take the field 

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