Midden

mid'en, n. a heap of ashes or dung. [From Scand., as Dan. moddmg—mog, dung, cf. Mud and Muck. Middle, mid'I, adj equally distant from the extremes: intermediate: intervening. the middle point or part midst central portion. [A.S. rntddel—mui (sec Mid) cog with Dut middel, Ger mittel) Middleman, mid -man, u. one who stands in the middle between two persons an agent between two parties in Ireland, one who rents bind of arietors in large tracts, and lets m portions e peasantry n Middle- AgOS. the petiod from the overthrow of the Roman Lmjuie in the 5th century to the Revival of Learning at the end of the 15th century. ndjs. Middlemost, Midmost, (B nearest the middle — Middle pa age, m the slave-trade, the voyage acio the Atlantic from Africa.— n. Middle term {logic) that term of a syllogism with which the two extremes are separately compand Middling, mid'hng, adj of middle rate, state, size, or quality about equally distant from the extremes moderate