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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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Glass
·vt To case in glass.
II. Glass ·vt Anything made of glass.
III. Glass ·vt A looking-glass; a mirr...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Glass
Was known to the Egyptians at a very early period of their national history, at least B.C. 1500. Var...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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glass
The usual appellation for a telescope (see the old sea song of Lord Howard's capture of Barton the p...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Glass
The Hebrew word occurs only in (Job 28:17) where in the Authorized Version it is rendered "crystal."...
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, Michael"
Poet (pen-name adopted by two ladies, understood to be Miss Bradley and Miss Cooper). Callirrhoé (18...
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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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-gun
See field-artillery.
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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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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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Egg-glass
·noun A small sandglass, running about three minutes, for marking time in boiling eggs; also, a smal...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Flint glass
·- A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Glass maker
·noun ·Alt. of <<Glassmaker>>.
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Glass-crab
·noun The larval state (Phyllosoma) of the genus Palinurus and allied genera. It is remarkable for i...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Glass-faced
·adj Mirror-faced; reflecting the sentiments of another.
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Glass-gazing
·adj Given to viewing one's self in a glass or mirror; finical.
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Glass-rope
·noun A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, first brought from Japan. It has a long ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Glass-snail
·noun A small, transparent, land snail, of the genus Vitrina.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Glass-snake
·noun A long, footless lizard (Ophiosaurus ventralis), of the Southern United States;
— so called f...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Glass-sponge
·noun A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera;
— so called from their glassy ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Looking-glass
·noun A mirror made of glass on which has been placed a backing of some reflecting substance, as qui...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Millefiore glass
·- Slender rods or tubes of colored glass fused together and embedded in clear glass;
— used for pa...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Muscovy glass
·- Mica; muscovite. ·see <<Mica>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Prism glass
·add. ·- Glass with one side smooth and the other side formed into sharp-edged ridges so as to refle...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Water glass
·add. ·- A water gauge for a steam boiler.
II. Water glass ·add. ·- A <<Clepsydra>>.
III. Water gl...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Glass House
In the centre of Glass House Yard, Goodman's Yard. Partly in Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677 to Elmes...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Glass Sellers
Incorporated with looking-glass makers 1664.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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glass eyes
A nick name for one wearing spectacles.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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looking-glass
A chamber pot, jordan, or member mug.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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mum glass
The monument erected on Fish-street Hill, London, in memory of the great fire in 1666.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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seeing-glass
a mirror, or looking-glass. N
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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falling glass
When the mercury of the barometer is sinking in the tube.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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glass clear?
Is the sand out of the upper part? asked previously to turning it, on throwing the log.
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hour-glass
The sand-glass: a measure of the hour.
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index-glass
A plane speculum, or mirror of quick-silvered glass, which moves with the index, and is designed to ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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kenning-glass
A hand spy-glass or telescope.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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log-glass
The sand-glass used at heaving the log to obtain the rate of sailing. It is a 28 seconds glass for s...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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sand glass
See short-time
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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weather-glass
A familiar term for the barometer.
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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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Claude Lorraine glass
·- A slightly convex mirror, commonly of black glass, used as a toy for viewing the reflected landsc...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Lady's looking-glass
·- ·see Venus's looking-glass, under <<Venus>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sea of glass
A figurative expression used in Rev. 4:6 and 15:2. According to the interpretation of some, "this ca...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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cheat the glass
See flogging the glass.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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flogging the glass
Where there is no ship time-piece the watches and half-hour bells are governed by a half-hour sand-g...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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half-minute glass
See glass.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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turn the glass
The order in throwing the log when the stray line is payed out.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Glass House Yard, Blackfriars
Between Church Entry, Playhouse Yard and Water Lane, south of Apothecaries' Hall, in Farringdon Ward...
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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Glass House Yard, Aldersgate Street
In Pickax Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). In parish of St. Botolph without Aldersgate, 36 Cha...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Glass House Yard, Goodman's Yard
West out of Princes Street and north to Goodman's Yard. Partly in Portsoken Ward (P.C. 1732-Elmes, 1...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.