Webster's Dictionary 1913

3160

Midheaven

Mid″heav′en (?), n. 1. The midst or middle of heaven or the sky.2. (Astron.) The meridian, or middle line of the heavens; the point of the ecliptic on the meridian.

3161

Midland

Mid″land (?), a. 1. Being in the interior country; distant from the coast or seashore; as, midland towns or inhabitants. Howell.2. Surrounded by the land; mediterranean.And on t...

3162

Midland (2)

Mid″land (?), n. The interior or central region of a country; — usually in the plural. Drayton.

3163

Midmain

Mid″main′ (?), n. The middle part of the main or sea. Chapman.

3164

Midmost

Mid″most′ (?), a. [OE. middemiste. Cf. Foremost.] Middle; middlemost.Ere night's midmost, stillest hour was past. Byron.

3165

Midnight

Mid″night′ (?), n. [AS. midniht.] The middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve. Shak.

3166

Midnight (2)

Mid″night′, a. Being in, or characteristic of, the middle of the night; as, midnight studies; midnight gloom. “Midnight shout and revelry.” Milton.

3167

Midnight sun

Mid″night′ sun. The sun shining at midnight in the arctic or antarctic summer.

3168

Midrash

‖Mid‐rash″ (?), n.; pl.Midrashim (#), Midrashoth (#). A talmudic exposition of the Hebrew law, or of some part of it.

3169

Midrib

Mid″rib′ (?), n.(Bot.) A continuation of the petiole, extending from the base to the apex of the lamina of a leaf.

3170

Midriff

Mid″riff (mĭd″rĭf), n. [AS. midhrif; midd mid, middle + hrif bowels, womb; akin to OFries. midref midriff, rif, ref, belly, OHG. href body, and to L. corpus body. See Corpse.] (...

3171

Midship

Mid″ship′, a. Of or pertaining to, or being in, the middle of a ship.Midship beam(Naut.), the beam or timber upon which the broadest part of a vessel is formed. — Midship bend, ...

3172

Midshipman

Mid″ship′man (?), n.; pl.Midshipmen (�).1. (a) Formerly, a kind of naval cadet, in a ship of war, whose business was to carry orders, messages, reports, etc., between the office...

3173

Midships

Mid″ships′, adv. [For amidships.] (Naut.) In the middle of a ship; — properly amidships.

3174

Midships (2)

Mid″ships′, n. pl.(Naut.) The timbers at the broadest part of the vessel. R. H. Dana, Jr.

3175

Midst

Midst (?), n. [From middest, in the middest, for older in middes, where -s is adverbial (orig. forming a genitive), or still older a midde, a midden, on midden. See Mid, and cf....

3176

Midst (2)

Midst, prep. In the midst of; amidst. Shak.

3177

Midst (3)

Midst, adv. In the middle. Milton.

3178

Midsummer

Mid″sum′mer (?), n. [AS. midsumor.] The middle of summer. Shak.Midsummer daisy(Bot.), the oxeye daisy.

3179

Midward

Mid″ward (?), a. Situated in the middle.

3180

Midward (2)

Mid″ward, adv. In or toward the midst.

3181

Midway

Mid″way′ (?), n. The middle of the way or distance; a middle way or course. Shak.Paths indirect, or in the midway faint. Milton.

3182

Midway (2)

Mid″way′, a. Being in the middle of the way or distance; as, the midway air. Shak.

3183

Midway (3)

Mid″way′, adv. In the middle of the way or distance; half way. “She met his glance midway.” Dryden.

3184

Midweek

Mid″week′ (?), n. The middle of the week. Also used adjectively.

3185

Midwife

Mid″wife′ (?), n.; pl.Midwives (#). [OE. midwif, fr. AS. mid with (akin to Gr. �) + � woman, wife. Properly, the woman or wife who is attendant upon a woman in childbirth. See M...

3186

Midwife (2)

Mid″wife′, v. t. To assist in childbirth.