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<hw>Mid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar. wanting; superl.</tt> <er>Midmost</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>midd</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>middi</ets>, D. <ets>mid</ets> (in comp.), OHG. <ets>mitti</ets>, Icel. <ets>mi<?/r</ets>, Goth. <ets>midjis</ets>, L. <ets>medius</ets>, Gr. <?/, Skr. <ets>madhya</ets>. <?/<?/<?/<?/. Cf. <er>Amid</er>, <er>Middle</er>, <er>Midst</er>, <er>Mean</er>, <er>Mediate</er>, <er>Meridian</er>, <er>Mizzen</er>, <er>Moiety</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Denoting the middle part; <as>as, in <ex>mid</ex> ocean</as>.</def>

<blockquote>No more the mounting larks, while Daphne sings, Shall list'ning in <b>mid</b> air suspend their wings. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Occupying a middle position; middle; <as>as, the <ex>mid</ex> finger; the <ex>mid</ex> hour of night.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Phon.)</fld> <def>Made with a somewhat elevated position of some certain part of the tongue, in relation to the palate; midway between the <i>high</i> and the <i>low</i>; -- said of certain vowel sounds; <as>as, \'be (\'bele), &ecr; (&ecr;ll), &omac; (&omac;ld)</as>. See <i>Guide to Pronunciation</i>, &sect;&sect; 10, 11.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Mid</i> is much used as a prefix, or combining form, denoting the <i>middle</i> or <i>middle part</i> of a thing; as, <i>mid</i>-air, <i>mid</i>-channel, <i>mid</i>-age, <i>mid</i>day, <i>mid</i>land, etc. Also, specifically, in geometry, to denote a circle inscribed in a triangle (a <i>mid</i>circle), or relation to such a circle; as, <i>mid</i>-center, <i>mid</i>radius.</note>

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<hw>Mid</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Middle.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>About the <b>mid</b> of night come to my tent. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Mid</hw>, <tt>prep.</tt> <def>See <er>Amid</er>.</def>

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<hw>Mi"da</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a destructive insect in pulse.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The larva of the bean fly.</def>

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<hw>Mi"das</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[So called from L. <ets>Midas</ets>, a man fabled to have had ass's ears.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of longeared South American monkeys, including numerous species of marmosets. See <er>Marmoset</er>.</def>

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<hw>Mi"das's ear"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[See <er>Midas</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A pulmonate mollusk (<spn>Auricula, &or; Ellobium, aurismid\'91</spn>); -- so called from resemblance to a human ear.</def>

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<hw>Mid"brain`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Mid</ets>, a. + <ets>brain</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The middle segment of the brain; the mesencephalon. See <er>Brain</er>.</def>

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<hw>Mid"day`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>midd\'91g</ets>. See <er>Mid</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, and <er>Day</er>.]</ety> <def>The middle part of the day; noon.</def>

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<hw>Mid"day`</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to noon; meridional; <as>as, the <ex>midday</ex> sun</as>.</def>

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<hw>Mid"den</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <altsp>[Also <asp>midding</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[Cf. Dan. <ets>m\'94gdynge</ets>, E. <ets>muck</ets>, and <ets>dung</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A dunghill.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An accumulation of refuse about a dwelling place; especially, an accumulation of shells or of cinders, bones, and other refuse on the supposed site of the dwelling places of prehistoric tribes, -- as on the shores of the Baltic Sea and in many other places. See <er>Kitchen middens</er>.</def>

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