a.
No more the mounting larks, while Daphne sings,
Shall list'ning in mid air suspend their wings. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Middle. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
About the mid of night come to my tent. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
prep. See Amid. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; a destructive insect in pulse. ] (Zool.) The larva of the bean fly. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. some point in the air; above ground level;
n. [ So called from L. Midas, a man fabled to have had ass's ears. ] (Zool.) A genus of longeared South American monkeys, including numerous species of marmosets. See Marmoset. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ See Midas. ] (Zool.) A pulmonate mollusk (Auricula aurismidae or Ellobium aurismidae); -- so called from resemblance to a human ear. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Mid, a. + brain. ] (Anat.) The middle segment of the brain; the mesencephalon. See Brain. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. middaeg. See Mid, a., and Day. ] The middle part of the day; noon. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to noon; meridional;