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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>MIDST</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="midst"> midst (1), noun, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun the middle point or part; center; middle. <DD>adv. in the middle place. Ex. To extol him first, him last, him midst, and without end (Milton). expr. in our midst, among us. Ex. a traitor in our midst. expr. in the midst of, <DD> a. in the middle of; surrounded by; among. Ex. in the midst of a forest. And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them [His disciples] (Matthew 18:2). <DD> b. in the thick of; during. Ex. in the midst of a day's work. </DL> <A NAME="midst"> midst (2) or 'midst, preposition.<DL COMPACT><DD> in the midst of; amidst; amid. Ex. They left me 'midst my enemies (Shakespeare). </DL> <A NAME="midstream"> midstream, noun, adjective, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun the middle of a stream. Ex. The boat was kept in midstream. (Figurative.) the midstream of history. <DD>adj., adv. in midstream. Ex. The two boats collided midstream (adv.). The two boats were in a midstream collision (adj.). </DL> <A NAME="midsummer"> midsummer, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. the middle of summer. Ex. the intense heat of midsummer. <DD> 2. the time of the summer solstice, about June 21. Ex. the sun at midsummer. <DD>adj. in the middle of the summer. Ex. a midsummer festival. </DL> <A NAME="midsummerday"> Midsummer Day,<DL COMPACT><DD> (in England) June 24, one of the quarter days. </DL> <A NAME="midsummermadness"> midsummer madness,<DL COMPACT><DD> the height of madness. Ex. Why, this is very midsummer madness (Shakespeare). </DL> <A NAME="midterm"> midterm, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. the middle of a term of office, school, or appointment. Ex. Kennedy at midterm had changed. No longer did one think of him first as the youngest President elected by his countrymen (John L. Steele). <DD> 2. (U.S. Informal.) an examination held during the middle of a school term. <DD>adj. occurring at, or having to do with, midterm. Ex. The university was in midterm recess (Time). </DL> <A NAME="midtown"> midtown, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun the middle section of a city or town, between downtown and uptown. Ex. He had reached midtown before he remembered the package. <DD>adj. of or located in midtown. </DL> <A NAME="midvictorian"> mid-Victorian, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. of the middle period of Queen Victoria's reign in Great Britain, or from about 1850 to 1890. Ex. mid-Victorian architecture, a mid-Victorian novel. <DD> 2. like this period; strict in morals; old-fashioned. (SYN) prudish. <DD>noun 1. a person who lived during the middle period of Queen Victoria's reign. <DD> 2. a person with old-fashioned ideas and tastes, and strict in morals. </DL> <A NAME="midwatertrawl"> midwater trawl,<DL COMPACT><DD> a trawl dragged by two boats for snaring such fish as herring and cod. </DL> <A NAME="midway"> midway, adjective, adverb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. in the middle; halfway. Ex. a midway position. <DD>adv. halfway. Ex. midway between the hill and the city. <DD>noun 1. a middle way or course. Ex. no midway 'Twixt these extremes at all (Shakespeare). <DD> 2. a place for games, rides, and other amusements at a fair or exposition. Ex. the clamor and excitement of the midway. </DL> <A NAME="midweek"> midweek, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun the middle of the week. Ex. By midweek the newspapers found it necessary to give short "missiles for the layman" courses (New York Times). <DD>adj. in the middle of the week. </DL> <A NAME="midweek"> Midweek, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> Wednesday. It is so called by the Quakers. </DL> <A NAME="midweekly"> midweekly, adverb, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> in the middle of the week. </DL> <A NAME="midwest"> Midwest, adjective. =Middle Western.</DL> <A NAME="midwestern"> Midwestern, adjective. =Middle Western.</DL> <A NAME="midwesterner"> Midwesterner, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who lives in the Middle West; Middle Westerner. </DL> <A NAME="midwife"> midwife, noun, pl. -wives, verb, -wifed, -wifing or -wived, -wiving.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a woman who helps women in childbirth, especially a woman trained by schooling or experience. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) a person who helps to bring forth something new. Ex. This remarkable machine has been giving its midwives--among others--some headaches ... since it came into operation (New Scientist). <DD>v.t. to help bring forth (something new). Ex. Down the years since W. C. Handy midwifed the blues ... (Time). Central banks might take a hand ... in midwiving such an operation (London Times). </DL> <A NAME="midwifery"> midwifery, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the art or practice of helping women in childbirth; obstetrics. </DL> <A NAME="midwifetoad"> midwife toad,<DL COMPACT><DD> either of two small toads about two inches long of central and southwestern Europe; obstetrical toad. </DL> <A NAME="midwing"> mid-wing, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with an airplane having the wings attached halfway up the side of the fuselage. Ex. a mid-wing design. </DL> <A NAME="midwinter"> midwinter, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. the middle of winter. Ex. the chill of midwinter. <DD> 2. the time of the winter solstice, about December 21. Ex. the low sun at midwinter. <DD> 3. (formerly) Christmas. <DD>adj. in the middle of the winter. Ex. midwinter chill. </DL> <A NAME="midworld"> mid world, =Midgard.</DL> <A NAME="midyear"> midyear, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. happening in the middle of a year. Ex. a midyear dividend, a midyear examination. <DD>noun midyears, (Informal.) a. midyear examinations. Ex. The student passed all his midyears. <DD> b. the period during which these examinations are held. Ex. I'd breezed through the fall semester, been on Dean's List at midyears, ... and now was failing (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="miee"> M.I.E.E.,<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) Member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers. </DL> <A NAME="mien"> mien, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the manner of holding the head and body; way of acting and looking. Ex. George Washington had the mien of a soldier. (SYN) bearing, demeanor, appearance. </DL> <A NAME="miff"> miff, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD>noun a peevish fit; petty quarrel. Ex. ... a little quarrel, or miff, as it is vulgarly called, rose between them (Henry Fielding). (SYN) huff, tiff. <DD>v.i. to be offended; have a petty quarrel. <DD>v.t. to offend. Ex. She was miffed at the idea that she could be mistaken. </DL> <A NAME="miffy"> miffy, adjective, miffier, miffiest.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) easily offended; touchy. </DL> <A NAME="mig"> mig or migg, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Dialect.) a marble, especially one used as the object in the game of marbles. </DL> <A NAME="mig"> MIG or Mig, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various Russian-designed jet fighter planes (the type and model being indicated by a number). Ex. The MIG-21J is ... the most advanced aircraft in the MIG series and is able to fly at supersonic speeds at sea level (New Scientist). </DL> <A NAME="might"> might (1), verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> the past tense of may (1). Ex. Mother said that we might play in the barn. He might have done it when you were not looking. </DL> <A NAME="might"> might (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. great power; strength. Ex. Work with all your might. <DD> 2. operative power (whether great or small). Ex. To the measure of his might each fashions his desires (Wordsworth). expr. with might and main, with all one's strength. Ex. They fell to work and belabored each other with might and main (Washington Irving). </DL> <A NAME="mighthavebeen"> might-have-been, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. something that might have happened. Ex. ... a junk heap of might-have-beens, the unfulfilled promises of worlds that never were (New Yorker). <DD> 2. a person or thing that might have been greater or more eminent. Ex. Gustav Mahler, when he died in 1911, left behind one of the most tantalising might-have-beens in musical history: his unfinished Tenth Symphony (Sunday Times). </DL> <A NAME="mightily"> mightily, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. in a mighty manner; powerfully; vigorously. Ex. Samson strove mightily and pulled the pillars down. <DD> 2. very much; greatly. Ex. We were mightily pleased at winning. </DL> <A NAME="mightiness"> mightiness, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. power; strength. <DD> 2. Often, Mightiness. as with your, his, or her, and often preceded by high, a title of dignity (now used ironically). </DL> <A NAME="mightless"> mightless, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> without might; powerless; impotent. </DL> <A NAME="mighty"> mighty, adjective, mightier, mightiest, adverb, noun, pl. mighties.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. showing strength or power; powerful; strong. Ex. a mighty ruler, mighty force. <DD> 2. very great. Ex. a mighty famine, a mighty dinner. (SYN) extraordinary. <DD>adv. (Informal.) very. Ex. a mighty long time. <DD>noun a mighty or powerful person. Ex. Eleazar ... who was one of the three mighties (I Chronicles 11:12). </DL> <A NAME="migmatite"> migmatite, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Geology.) a common type of rock formed of a complex mixture of igneous and metamorphic rocks, characterized chiefly by gneissic bands and crosscutting veins. </DL> <A NAME="mignon"> mignon, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> delicately formed; small and pretty; dainty. </DL> <A HREF="mignonet.dic">NEXT</A>