fielder (felder)

1. In base- ball, cricket, etc., one whose duty is to catch or stop balls; specifically, in base - ball, any one of the players in the field, and especially one of the three players who stand behind and at the right and left respectively of second base. See base - ball. -2. A dog trained to the pursuit of game in the field. fieldfare (feld'far), n. [E. dial. also feldfare, felfare, felfer, etc.; IMG:content-1277.jpg:[graphic][merged small] pean thrush, Turdus pilar is, of the family Tur did a, about 10 inches long, of a reddish-brown color, with blackish tail and ashy head, a winter resident in Great Britain, breeding far north. It has many other names, besides the dialectal variants of field fare, derived from its color, cries ovements some of them shared by related species of British thrushes. He com him-self y-charged with conyng & hares, With fesauns & feldfares and other foules grete. William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 182. Winter birds, as woodcocks and fieldfares , if they come early out of the northern countries, with us shew cold winters. Bacon , Nat. Hist. Not yet the hawthorn bore her berries red, With which the fieldfare , wintry guest, is fed. Cowper , Needle Alarm. 1. A kind of binoc- field-gla (fēld'glas), n. ular telescope in the form of a large opera gla , provided with a case slung from a strap, so that it can be conveniently carried. These gla es are used especially by military men and tourists.-2. A small achromatic telescope, usually from 20 to 24 inches long, and having from 3 to 6 joints of the kind known as telescopic. This is the older form of field-gla , and has now been almost wholly superseded for use on land by the binocular form described above, though it is still the more common form for marine service. 3. That one of the two lenses forming the eyepiece of an astronomical telescope or of a compound microscope which is the nearer to the IMG:content-1278.jpg:[blocks in formation]