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midmost

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mid  \Mid\  (m[i^]d),  a.  [Compar.  wanting;  superl.  {Midmost}.] 
  [AS.  midd;  akin  to  OS  middi,  D.  mid  (in  comp.),  OHG.  mitti, 
  Icel.  mi[eth]r,  Goth.  midjis  L.  medius,  Gr  me`sos,  Skr. 
  madhya  [root]271.  Cf  {Amid},  {Middle},  {Midst},  {Mean}, 
  {Mediate},  {Meridian},  {Mizzen},  {Moiety}.] 
  1.  Denoting  the  middle  part  as  in  mid  ocean. 
 
  No  more  the  mounting  larks,  while  Daphne  sings, 
  Shall  list'ning  in  mid  air  suspend  their  wings. 
  --Pope. 
 
  2.  Occupying  a  middle  position;  middle;  as  the  mid  finger; 
  the  mid  hour  of  night. 
 
  3.  (Phon.)  Made  with  a  somewhat  elevated  position  of  some 
  certain  part  of  the  tongue,  in  relation  to  the  palate; 
  midway  between  the  high  and  the  low  --  said  of  certain 
  vowel  sounds;  as  [=a]  ([=a]le),  [e^]  ([e^]ll),  [=o] 
  ([=o]ld).  See  Guide  to  Pronunciation,  [sect][sect]  10,  11. 
 
  Note:  Mid  is  much  used  as  a  prefix,  or  combining  form 
  denoting  the  middle  or  middle  part  of  a  thing  as 
  mid-air,  mid-channel,  mid-age,  midday,  midland,  etc 
  Also  specifically,  in  geometry,  to  denote  a  circle 
  inscribed  in  a  triangle  (a  midcircle),  or  relation  to 
  such  a  circle;  as  mid-center,  midradius 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Midmost  \Mid"most`\,  a.  [OE.  middemiste  Cf  {Foremost}.] 
  Middle;  middlemost. 
 
  Ere  night's  midmost,  stillest  hour  was  past.  --Byron. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  midmost 
  adj  :  being  in  the  exact  middle  [syn:  {middlemost}] 
  adv  :  the  middle  or  central  part  or  point;  "in  the  midst  of  the 
  forest";  "could  he  walk  out  in  the  midst  of  his  piece?" 
  [syn:  {in  the  midst},  {in  the  middle}]




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