Emily Dickinson Lexicon

MID'DLING-LY, adv.

Passably; indifferently.

MID'DLINGS, n.

The coarser part of flour.

MIDGE, n. [Sax. myge, mygge.]

A gnat or flea. [Not much used.]

MID'HEAV-EN, n.

The middle of the sky or heaven. Milton.

MID'LAND, a.

1. Being in the interior country; distant from the coast or sea store; as, midland towns or inhabitants. Hale.
2. Surrounded by the sea; mediterranean. And on the midland sea the French had aw'd. Dryden

MID'LEG, n.

Middle of the leg. Bacon

MID'LENT, n.

The middle of Lent.

MID'LIFE, n.

The middle of life, or of the usual age of man. Southey.

MID'MOST, a.

Middle; as, the midmost battles. Dryden.

MID'NIGHT, a.

1. Being in the middle of the night; as, midnight studies. Bacon
2. Dark as midnight; very dark; as, midnight gloom.

MID'NIGHT, n.

The middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.

MID'RIB, n. [mid, middle and rib.]

In botany, a continuation of the petiole, extending from the base to the apex of the lamin of a leaf. Lundley

MID'RIF, n. [Sax. midhrife; mid and hrife, the belly.]

In anatomy, the diaphragm; the respiratory muscle which divides the trunk into two cavities, the thorax and abdomen. Quincy.

MID'SEA, n.

The Mediterranean sea. Dryden.

MID'SHIP, a.

Being or belonging to the middle of a ship; as, a midship beam.

MID'SHIP-MAN, n.

In ships of war, a kind of naval cadet, whose business is to second the orders of the superior officers and assist in the necessary business of the ship, particularly in managing the sails, that he may be trained to a knowledge of the machinery, discipline and operations of ships of war, and qualified for naval service. Mar. Dict.

MID'SHIPS, adv.

In the middle of a ship; properly amidships.

MIDST, adv.

In the middle. On earth, join all ye creatures to extol / Him first, Him last, Him midst, and without end. Milton.

MIDST, n. [contracted from middest, the superlative of mid.]

The middle. There is nothing said or done in the midst of the play, which might not have been placed in the beginning. Dryden. The phrase, in the midst, often signifies involved in, surrounded or overwhelmed by, or in the thickest part, or in the depths of; as, in the midst of afflictions, troubles or cares; in the midst of our contemplations; in the midst of the battle; in the midst of pagan darkness and error; in the midst of Gospel light; in the midst of the ocean; the midst of civil dissensions. From the midst, from the middle, or from among. Deut. xviii.

MID'STREAM, n.

The middle of the stream. Dryden.

MID'SUM-MER, n.

The middle of summer; the summer solstice, about the 21st of June. Swift. Gay.

MID'WARD, adv.

Midst. [Not in use.]

MID'WAY, a.

Being in the middle of the way or distance; as, the midway air. Shak.

MID'WAY, adv.

In the middle of the way or distance; half way. She met his glance midway. Dryden.

MID'WAY, n.

The middle of the way or distance. Paths indirect, or in the midway faint. Milton.