mid-15c., "tillage, cultivation of large areas of land to provide food," from Late Latin agricultura "cultivation of the land," a contraction of agri cultura "cultivation of land," from agri, genitive of ager "a field" (from PIE root *agro- "field") + cultura "cultivation" (see culture (n.)). In Old English, the idea could be expressed by eorðtilþ.

"showing lack of honor, base, staining character and lessening reputation," 1530s; see dis- + honorable. Related: Dishonorably.

chiefly British English spelling of honor; also see -or. Related: Honoured; honouring; honours.

chiefly British English spelling of dishonor; also see -or and compare honor. Related: Dishonoured; dishonouring; dishonourable; dishonourably.

also spy-glass, "telescope, field-glass," 1706, from spy (v.) + glass (n.). Spying-glass is from 1680s.

city in northern Italy, Celtic Vernomago, from verno "elder tree" + mago "field, place." Related: Veronese.

C.G.S. unit of intensity of a magnetic field, 1882, named for German mathematician Karl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855). Related: Gaussage; gaussian.

"having outward-bent or crooked legs," 1680s, a reference to the bandy, the bent stick used in the Irish field game of bandy (n.).

unit of absolute temperature scale, 1911, in honor of British physicist Sir William Thompson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907).

in names of Russian fighter planes, so called in honor of aircraft designers Mikoyan and (Russian i) Gurevitch.