midsummer day

The feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, celebrated on June 24th. It is one of the regular quarter-days (q. v.) in England. midsummer-eve, s. The evening preceding midsummer-day. The summer solstice is, however, on June 21st. midsummer-men, s. pl. Bot .: Sedum telephium . *mid-těr-rā-ně-an, a . [Eng. mid , a., and Lat. terra the earth.] Mediterranean. "Mid terrane an sea."-Sylvester: Colonies, 86. mid-ward, adv . [A. S. middeweard .] In, on, or toward the middle. mighty *II. Fig .: Aid, a istance; cooperation in producing. "Hasty fruits, and too ambitious flowers, Scorning the midwifery of ripening showers." Stepney: To the Earl of Cart isle . mid-wif-Ish, a. [Eng. midwif(e); -ish.] Pertaining to a midwife or her duties; like a midwife. mid-win-ter, #myde-wyn-ter, mid, and winter ] The winter solstice, or December 1st; the period about the winter solstice. "He sende after hys baronye, at mydewynter myd hym to be." Robert of Gloucester , p. 349. mi-em-ite, subst . [Named from Miemo, where found; suff. -ite ( Min .).] Min.: A variety of dolomite (q. v.), of a pale, yellowish-green color, occurring in columnar, granular, and coarsely-pisolitic forms, sometimes in crystals, at Miemo, Tuscany.