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Webster 1913 Edition


Midland

Mid′land

,
Adj.
1.
Being in the interior country; distant from the coast or seashore;
as,
midland
towns or inhabitants
.
Howell.
2.
Surrounded by the land; mediterranean.
And on the
midland
sea the French had awed.
Dryden.

Mid′land

,
Noun.
The interior or central region of a country; – usually in the plural.
Drayton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Midland

MID'LAND

,
Adj.
Being in the interior country; distant from the coast or sea shore; as midland towns or inhabitants.
1.
Surrounded by the sea; mediterranean.
And on the midland sea the French had aw'd.