field (1 a freq. sense, 4 common in lit. sense)
1.
open country MND. II. i.
96, Ven. 8.
2.
country as opposed to
town
MND. II. i. 238
“in the town, the
field,”
III. ii. 398, Cor. II. ii. 126.
3.
land as opposed to
water
Oth. I. iii. 135
“by flood and
field,”
Ven. 454.
4.
battle-ground, scene
of war (fig.)
Ven. 108
“Making my arms his
field.”
5.
battle
Mer.V. II. i. 26
“won three f-s,”
1H4 V. v. 16
“How goes the ,”
1H6 V. iii. 12
“get the ,”
3H6 III. ii. 1
“at Saint Alban's field
. . . was slain,”
Lucr. 1430.
6.
expanse (of sky)
Per. I. i. 37
“yon field of
stars.”
7.
surface of an
escutcheon on which the charge is displayed Lucr. 58; ?in 2H6 IV. ii. 56 with play
on sense 1; fig. (with play on sense 4)
Lucr. 72
“This silent war of
lilies and roses, . . . in her fair
face's field.”
8.
“green ,” green cloth of
a counting-house; ? the meaning in
H5 II. iii. 18
“his nose was as sharp
as a pen, and”
(?read “on) a table of
green f-s,” where Theobald's emendation
“a' babbled† o'
green f-s” is generally accepted.
