Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MID
MID, a. [Sax. midd, midde; L. medius; W. mid, an inclosure.]
- Middle; at equal distance from extremes; as, the mid hour of night. Rowe.
- Intervening. No more the mountain larks, while Daphne sings, / Shall, lifting in mid air, suspend their wings. Pope.
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