Fielder: alternatives and connections

The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and ther…

Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming.

A ridge of land left unplowed between furrows, or at the end of a field; a piece missed by the plow slipping aside.

Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow.

Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting.

Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.

A fortification, made in haste, of trees, earth, palisades, wagons, or anything that will obstruct the progress or attack of an enemy.…

A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel his ball w…

A composition for blacking shoes, boots, etc.; also, one for taking impressions of engraved work.

A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with…

To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.

A ditch 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.

One who, or that which, catches.

A field where corn is or has been growing; -- in England, a field of wheat, rye, barley, or oats; in America, a field of Indian corn.

That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch, pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwo…

A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (C. familiaris).

To catch in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch, as in a trap, by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses; to catch or inv…

To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate.