Part 7035

<h1>Midge</h1> <Xpage=922>

<hw>Midge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>migge</ets>, AS. <ets>mycge</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>muggia</ets>, D. <ets>mug</ets>, G. <ets>m\'81cke</ets>, OHG. <ets>mucca</ets>, Icel. <ets>m<?/</ets>, Sw. <ets>mygga</ets>, <ets>mygg</ets>, Dan. <ets>myg</ets>; perh. named from its buzzing; cf. Gr. <?/ to low, bellow.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Any one of many small, delicate, long-legged flies of the <spn>Chironomus</spn>, and allied genera, which do not bite. Their larv\'91 are usually aquatic.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A very small fly, abundant in many parts of the United States and Canada, noted for the irritating quality of its bite.</def>

<note>&hand; The name is also applied to various other small flies. See <cref>Wheat midge</cref>, under <er>Wheat</er>.</note>

<h1>Midget</h1> <Xpage=922>

<hw>Midg"et</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Dim. of <ets>midge</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A minute bloodsucking fly.</def> <mark>[Local, U. S.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A very diminutive person.</def>

<h1>Midgut</h1> <Xpage=922>

<hw>Mid"gut`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Mid</ets>, a. + <ets>gut</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The middle part of the alimentary canal from the stomach, or entrance of the bile duct, to, or including, the large intestine.</def>

<h1>Midheaven</h1> <Xpage=922>

<hw>Mid"heav`en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The midst or middle of heaven or the sky.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The meridian, or middle line of the heavens; the point of the ecliptic on the meridian.</def>

<h1>Midland</h1> <Xpage=922>

<hw>Mid"land</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Being in the interior country; distant from the coast or seashore; <as>as, <ex>midland</ex> towns or inhabitants</as>.</def>

<i>Howell.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Surrounded by the land; mediterranean.</def>

<blockquote>And on the <b>midland</b> sea the French had awed. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Midland</h1> <Xpage=922>

<hw>Mid"land</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The interior or central region of a country; -- usually in the plural.</def>

<i>Drayton.</i>

<h1>Midmain</h1> <Xpage=922>

<hw>Mid"main`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The middle part of the main or sea.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark>

<i>Chapman.</i>

<h1>Midmost</h1> <Xpage=922>

<hw>Mid"most`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>middemiste</ets>. Cf. <er>Foremost</er>.]</ety> <def>Middle; middlemost.</def>

<blockquote>Ere night's <b>midmost</b>, stillest hour was past. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>