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Field
·vi To take the field.
II. Field ·noun The space covered by an optical instrument at one view.
III...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Field
(Heb. sadeh), a cultivated field, but unenclosed. It is applied to any cultivated ground or pasture ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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field
The country in which military operations are being carried on; the scene of a conflict.
♦ Taking t...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Field
The Hebrew sadeh is applied to any cultivated ground, and in some instances in marked opposition to ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Michael
Michāēl, ēlis, m., a Hebrew name, Vulg. Num. 13, 14 al.—Esp., Michael, the archangel , Vulg. Dan. ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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Michael
same as Micah
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
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Michael
Who is like God?
1) The title given to one of the chief angels (Dan. 10:13, 21; 12:1). He had speci...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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michael
Hip, Michael, your head's on fire.
See hyp.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Michael
(who is like God?).
• An Asherite, father of Sethur, one of the twelve spies. (Numbers 13:13)
• On...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Fuller's field
A spot near Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:17; Isa. 36:2; 7:3), on the side of the highway west of the city, ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Potters field
The name given to the piece of ground which was afterwards bought with the money that had been given...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Field, Nathaniel
(1587-1633)
Dramatist and actor, was one of "the children of the Queen's Revels," who performed in ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Field Lane
North out of Holborn to Great Saffron Hill. The southern end only is in Farringdon Ward Without, the...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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gold-field
n.
district where mining for goldis carried on.
1858. T. McCombie, `History of Victoria, c. xv. p....
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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quartz-field
n.
a non-alluvial goldfield.
1890. `The Argus,' June 16, p. 6, col. 1:
«Our principal quartz-fiel...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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field-allowance
A small extra payment made to officers, and sometimes to privates, on active service in the field, t...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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field-artillery
Light ordnance fitted for travel as to be applicable to the active operations of the field. The term...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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field-day
A day of exercise and evolutions.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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field-fortification
Is the constructing of works intended to strengthen the position of forces operating in the field; w...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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field-glass
A telescope, frequently so termed. Also, the binocular or opera-glass, used for field-work, night-wo...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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field-gun
See field-artillery.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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field-ice
A sheet of smooth frozen water of a general thickness, and of an extent too large for its boundaries...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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field-marshal
The highest rank in the British army.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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field-officers
The colonel, lieutenant-colonels, and majors of a regiment; so called because, not having the common...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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field-pieces
Light guns proper to be taken into field operations; one or more of them is now carried by all ships...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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field-works
The constructions of field-fortification (which see).
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Bruce, Michael
(1746-1767)
Poet, s. of a poor weaver at Kinnesswood, Kinross-shire, as a child herded cattle, but ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Drayton, Michael
(1563-1631)
Poet, b. in Warwickshire, was in early life page to a gentleman, and was possibly at Ca...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Faraday, Michael
(1791-1867)
Natural philosopher, s. of a blacksmith, was b. in London, and apprenticed to a book-bi...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Scott, Michael
(1789-1835)
Novelist, b. near and ed. at Glasgow, and settled in business at Kingston, Jamaica, whi...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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(St.) Michael Aldgate
One of the old parishes mentioned by Stow as having formed first the parish of the Holy Cross or Hol...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Michael Bassishaw
On the west side of Basinghall Street. In Bassishaw Ward (O.S. 1880).
Earliest mention found in rec...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Michael Coldabey
Parish of St. Michael Coldabey, 1290 (Ct. H.W. I. 92).
Probably an error for St. Nicholas Cole Abbe...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Michael Queenhithe
On the north side of Upper Thames Street, between Little Trinity Lane east and Huggin lane west. In ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Zophim, Field of
Field of watchers, a place in Moab on the range of Pisgah (Num. 23:14). To this place Balak brought ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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field lane duck
A baked sheep's head.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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field of view
That space which is visible in a telescope at one view, and which diminishes under augmenting eye-pi...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Fullers Field, The
a spot near Jerusalem, (2 Kings 8:17; Isaiah 7:3; 36:2) so close to the walls that a person speaking...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Potters Field, The
a piece of ground which, according to the statement of St. Matthew, (Matthew 27:7) was purchased by ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Ballantyne, Robert Michael
(1825-1894)
Writer of tales for boys, b. in Edinburgh, was a connection of the well-known printers....
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Rossetti, William Michael
(b. 1829)
Biographer, ed., etc. Translator of Dante's Hell (1865), Lives of Famous Poets (1878), Li...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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(St.) Michael ad bladum
See St. Michael le Querne.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Michael atte Corne
See St. Michael le Querne.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Michael Candlewick Street
See St. Michael Crooked Lane.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Michael Crooked Lane
On the east side of St. Michael's Lane or Crooked Lane, as it is named in some maps (Elmes, 1831). I...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Michael Huggin Lane
"St. Michael de Hoggenelane," 1275 and 1310 (Ct. H.W. I. 25, 215). "St. Michael in Hoggenelane," 130...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Michael in Fridaistrete
Tenement of John de Derby in parish of St. Michis apli in Fridaistrete, 26 Ed. I. (West. Abbey MSS. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Michael juxta Macellum
Agreement between the canons of St. Paul and Roger the priest concerning the church of St. Michael, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Michael le Querne
At the extreme western end of Cheapside, between Blow Bladder Street north and Paternoster Row south...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Michael upon Thames
See St. Michael Queenhithe.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Michael Wood Street
On the west side of Wood Street, and north side of Huggin Lane. In Cripplegate Ward Within (O.S. 188...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Michael, Paternoster Royal
On the east side of College Hill at No. 20 at its junction with College Street. In Vintry Ward (P.O....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Michael by Christ Church
See St. Michael Aldgate.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Michael Crooked Lane Churchyard
On the south and east sides of the church (O. and M. 1677-Rocque, 1746).
The churchyard was enlarge...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Michael super Ripam Regine
See St. Michael Queenhithe.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Michael towards London Bridge
See St. Michael Crooked Lane.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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vent-field of a gun
The raised tablet in the metal near the breech in which the vent is bored.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Le Cage, St. Michael Bassishaw, Parish
A tenement so called in the parish of St. Michael Bassishaw.
First mention: 1371 (Ct. H.W. II. 140)...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Michael Candlewick Street, Lane of
See Miles's Lane.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Michael Crokede lane, Lane of
See Miles's Lane.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Michael in Foro ad Bladum
See St. Michael le Querne.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.