Webster's Dictionary 1913

3133

Midas's ear

Mi″das's ear″ (?). [See Midas.] (Zoöl.) A pulmonate mollusk (Auricula, orEllobium, aurismidæ); — so called from resemblance to a human ear.

3134

Midbrain

Mid″brain′ (?), n. [Mid, a. + brain.] (Anat.) The middle segment of the brain; the mesencephalon. See Brain.

3135

Midday

Mid″day′ (?), n. [AS. middæg. See Mid, a., and Day.] The middle part of the day; noon.

3136

Midday (2)

Mid″day′, a. Of or pertaining to noon; meridional; as, the midday sun.

3137

Midden

Mid″den (?), n. [Also midding.] [Cf. Dan. mögdynge, E. muck, and dung.]1. A dunghill.2. An accumulation of refuse about a dwelling place; especially, an accumulation of shells o...

3138

Midden crow

Mid″den crow″ (?). (Zoöl.) The common European crow.

3139

Middest

Mid″dest (?), a.; superl. of Mid. [See Midst.] Situated most nearly in the middle; middlemost; midmost. “ 'Mongst the middest crowd.” Spenser.

3140

Middest (2)

Mid″dest, n. Midst; middle. Fuller.

3141

Midding

Mid″ding (?), n. Same as Midden.

3142

Middle

Mid″dle (–d'l), a. [OE. middel, AS. middel; akin to D. middel, OHG. muttil, G. mittel. √271. See Mid, a.]1. Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of o...

3143

Middle (2)

Mid″dle (?), n. [AS. middel. See Middle, a.] The point or part equally distant from the extremities or exterior limits, as of a line, a surface, or a solid; an intervening point...

3144

Middle-age

Mid″dle–age′ (?), [Middle + age. Cf. Mediæval.] Of or pertaining to the Middle Ages; mediæval.

3145

Middle-aged

Mid″dle–aged′ (?), a. Being about the middle of the ordinary age of man; between 30 and 50 years old.

3146

Middle-earth

Mid″dle–earth′ (?), n. The world, considered as lying between heaven and hell. Shak.

3147

Middle-ground

Mid″dle–ground′ (?), n.(Paint.) That part of a picture between the foreground and the background.

3148

Middleman

Mid″dle‐man (?), n.; pl.Middlemen (�).1. An agent between two parties; a broker; a go-between; any dealer between the producer and the consumer; in Ireland, one who takes land o...

3149

Middlemost

Mid″dle‐most′ (?), a. [Cf. Midmost.] Being in the middle, or nearest the middle; midmost.

3150

Middler

Mid″dler (?), n. One of a middle or intermediate class in some schools and seminaries.

3151

Middling

Mid″dling (?), a. Of middle rank, state, size, or quality; about equally distant from the extremes; medium; moderate; mediocre; ordinary. “A town of but middling size.” Hallam.P...

3152

Middlings

Mid″dlings (?), n. pl. 1. A combination of the coarser parts of ground wheat the finest bran, separated from the fine flour and coarse bran in bolting; — formerly regarded as va...

3153

Middy

Mid″dy (?), n.; pl.Middies (�). A colloquial abbreviation of midshipman.

3154

Midfeather

Mid″feath′er (?), n. 1. (Steam Boilers) A vertical water space in a fire box or combustion chamber.2. (Mining) A support for the center of a tunnel.

3155

Midgard

Mid″gard′ (?), n. [Icel. miðgarðr.] (Scand. Myth.) The middle space or region between heaven and hell; the abode of human beings; the earth.

3156

Midgard (2)

{ Mid″gard (mĭd″gärd), n. Also Mid″garth (–gärt͡h), ‖Mith″garthr (Icel. mē̍t͡h″gärt͡hr') }. [Icel. miðgarðr.] (Teut. Myth.) The middle space or region between heaven and hell, t...

3157

Midge

Midge (?), n. [OE. migge, AS. mycge; akin to OS. muggia, D. mug, G. mücke, OHG. mucca, Icel. m�, Sw. mygga, mygg, Dan. myg; perh. named from its buzzing; cf. Gr. � to low, bello...

3158

Midget

Midg″et (?), n. [Dim. of midge.]1. (Zoöl.) A minute bloodsucking fly.2. A very diminutive person.

3159

Midgut

Mid″gut′ (?), n. [Mid, a. + gut.] (Anat.) The middle part of the alimentary canal from the stomach, or entrance of the bile duct, to, or including, the large intestine.