Midget
(Midg"et) n. [Dim. of midge.]

1. (Zoöl.) A minute bloodsucking fly. [Local, U. S.]

2. A very diminutive person.

Midgut
(Mid"gut`) n. [Mid, a. + gut.] (Anat.) The middle part of the alimentary canal from the stomach, or entrance of the bile duct, to, or including, the large intestine.

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.

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 the midland sea the French had awed.
Dryden.

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

Midmain
(Mid"main`) n. The middle part of the main or sea. [Poetic] Chapman.

Midmost
(Mid"most`) a. [OE. middemiste. Cf. Foremost.] Middle; middlemost.

Ere night's midmost, stillest hour was past.
Byron.

  By PanEris using Melati.

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