Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1788-1822, 1882-1939
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FIEL, n. Also feel (Sc. 1924 Scots Mag. (Nov.) 100). Sc. (mostly sm.Sc.) forms of field. See P.L.D. §64.1.Rnf. 1788 E. Picken Poems 40:
When lav'rocks hail'd the month o' June, An' fiel's wi' ilka thing that's bra'.Ayr. 1822 J. Goldie Poems 99:
What battles they'd ficht, an' what fiel's they wad won.m.Lth. 1882 M. Moir in Mod. Sc. Poets (Edwards) IV. 388:
In summer days ye fended weel Afore the crap was aff the fiel'.Uls. 1898 A. McIlroy Auld Meetin'-Hoose Green 52:
A roon'aboot jab — like takin' the demensions o' a fiel'.Abd. 1904 W. Farquhar Fyvie Lintie 36:
Douce country Geordies in the fiel's.Wgt. 1939 J. McNeillie Wigtown Ploughman xxiv.:
"Gang doon an' see the master," she told him, "he's in the fiel in the holla."
