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1. mid-dai n., adj., & adv.

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(a) The middle of the day, the period around noon; devel of mid-dai, devil who is abroad in the middle of the day; in the time of mid-dai, in the middle of the day; in morwe and mid-dai and even-tide……

2. mid-plāce n.

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(a) The middle of a town, valley, etc.; (b) space between two persons. …

3. mid adv.(2)

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(a) In the middle or midst; mid of, in the middle of (sth.); in or into the midst of (persons); (b) mid of, in the midst of (woe, troubles). …

4. mede-wīfrī n.

Additional spellings: medewifri
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The craft or service of a midwife. …

5. mid-lond adj.

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Located in or living in the Midlands of England. …

6. mid-wīving ger.

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Midwifery. …

7. mid-under n.

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Some time between 9 a.m. and noon. …

8. mid-part n.

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(a) The middle part of something; (b) the center. …

9. in middes prep. & adv.

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As prep.: (a) within the bounds of (sth.), inside, in, far within; in middes of; (b) in the center of (sth.); (c) among (a group of people); in middes of; (d) right into (sth.), straight into; (e)……

10. fō̆rth-mid prep.

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Together with, along with; among. …

11. mid-wā̆rd n.(2)

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(a) The main body of an army, between the vanguard and the rear guard; (b) the middle cohort in a wing of a Roman legion drawn up for battle. …

12. mid-after-nọ̄n n.

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= mid-over-non (a). …

13. mid-mō̆rn n.

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Midmorning, the middle part of the morning; ?9:00 a.m. [quot.: a1475]. …

14. mid-wei n.

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(a) The midpoint in space or time; i mid-wei, halfway (between two dates); in (the) mid-wei, halfway between, halfway between top and bottom; at the halfway point in a journey, etc; also, en route; on……

15. mid-rif n.

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(a) Anat. The diaphragm of man or animal; ?also, the spleen; over mid-rif, diaphragm; nether mid-rif, peritoneum; (b) the fatty membrane covering the bowels, the greater or gastrocolic omentum; esp……

16. mid-wǒmman n.

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A midwife. …

17. mid-over-nọ̄n n.

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(a) Midafternoon, about 3:00 p.m.; heigh mid-over-non, a time close to midafternoon; (b) fig. the midafternoon of life, middle age or later; (c) middle of the period after nones, midday, about 12:00……

18. hẹ̄r-mid adv.

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(a) By means of this; (b) ?straightway, at once. …

19. mid adv.(1)

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(a) With him, with them, etc.; together; fallen mid, to fall along with something; mid grouen, grow in the same place, grow together; understonden mid, receive (sb.) along with others; (b) too, also……

20. mid-under-nọ̄n n.

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Late afternoon; fig. the middle or late afternoon of life, middle age. …

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