Word Meanings - FIELDER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A ball payer who stands out in the field to catch or stop balls.

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• FIELD
  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 , while the fess is argent . 6. An unresticted or favorable opportunity
• FIELDING
  The act of playing as a fielder.
• CATCHWORK
  A work or artificial watercourse for throwing water on lands that lie on the slopes of hills; a catchdrain.
• FIELDY
  Open, like a field. Wyclif.
• CATCHER
  The player who stands behind the batsman to catch the ball. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, catches.
• CATCHWORD
  The first word of any page of a book after the first, inserted at the right hand bottom corner of the preceding page for the assistance of the reader. It is seldom used in modern printing. 3. A word or phrase caught up and repeated for effect; as,
• CATCH TITLE
  A short expressive title used for abbreviated book lists, etc.
• FIELDPIECE
  A cannon mounted on wheels, for the use of a marching army; a piece of field artillery; -- called also field gun.
• PAYER
  One who pays; specifically, the person by whom a bill or note has been, or should be, paid.
• CATCHPENNY
  Made or contrived for getting small sums of money from the ignorant or unwary; as, a catchpenny book; a catchpenny show. -- n.
• CATCHDRAIN
  A dich or drain along the side of a hill to catch the surface water; also, a ditch at the side of a canal to catch the surplus water.
• CATCHFLY
  A plant with the joints of the stem, and sometimes other parts, covered with a viscid secretion to which small insects adhere. The species of Silene are examples of the catchfly.
• CATCHPOLL
  A bailiff's assistant.
• CATCHWATER
  A ditch or drain for catching water. See Catchdrain.
• FIELDED
  Engaged in the field; encamped. To help fielded friends. Shak.
• CATCHWEED
  See CLEAVERS
• CATCHY
  1. Apt or tending to catch the fancy or attention; catching; taking; as, catchy music. 2. Tending to catch or insnare; entangling; -- usually used fig.; as, a catchy question. 3. Consisting of, or occuring in, disconnected parts or snatches;
• CATCH-MEADOW
  meadow irrigated by water from a spring or rivulet on the side of hill.
• CATCH CROP
  Any crop grown between the rows of another crop or intermediate between two crops in ordinary rotation in point of time. -- Catch"- crop`ping, n. Radishes . . . are often grown as a catch crop with other vegetables. L. H. Bailey.
• FIELDEN
  Consisting of fields. The fielden country also and plains. Holland.
• SCATCH
  A kind of bit for the bridle of a horse; -- called also scatchmouth. Bailey.
• HOMEFIELD
  Afield adjacent to its owner's home. Hawthorne.
• INFIELD
  To inclose, as a field.
• BEAUCATCHER
  A small flat curl worn on the temple by women.
• CONY-CATCH
  To deceive; to cheat; to trick. Take heed, Signor Baptista, lest you be cony-catched in the this business. Shak.
• TAXPAYER
  One who is assessed and pays a tax.
• WORD-CATCHER
  One who cavils at words.
• TORPEDO CATCHER
  A small fast vessel for pursuing and destroying torpedo boats.
• BIRDCATCHER
  One whose employment it is to catch birds; a fowler.
• SCATCHES
  Stilts.
• COWCATCHER
  A strong inclined frame, usually of wrought-iron bars, in front of a locomotive engine, for catching or throwing off obstructions on a railway, as cattle; the pilot.