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Webster 1913 Edition
Middlings
Mid′dlings
,Noun.
pl.
1.
A combination of the coarser parts of ground wheat the finest bran, separated from the fine flour and coarse bran in bolting; – formerly regarded as valuable only for feed; but now, after separation of the bran, used for making the best quality of flour. Middlings contain a large proportion of gluten.
2.
In the southern and western parts of the United States, the portion of the hog between the ham and the shoulder; bacon; – called also
middles
. Bartlett.
Definition 2024
middlings
middlings
English
Noun
middlings (plural only)
- (cooking) Low grade or coarse flour; coarse wheat mixed with bran.
- 1917, Carl William Larson, Fred Silver Putney, Dairy cattle feeding and management, page 95,
- Buckwheat middlings is a fairly good feed for dairy cows, being far superior to buckwheat bran.
- 1917, Carl William Larson, Fred Silver Putney, Dairy cattle feeding and management, page 95,
- (cooking, chiefly Southern US) The part of a pig between the shoulder and the ham.
- (business) Partially refined ore or petroleum.
- 1924, Supreme Court of the United States, Miller v. Robertson/Opinion of the Court,
- The product described in the earlier contract is:
- 'All the zinc sulphide crude ore, zinc sulphide concentrates and zinc sulphide middlings, shipped from Midvale, Utah, Kennett, Cal., or any other point by or under the control of the seller during the period of this agreement.'
- 1924, Supreme Court of the United States, Miller v. Robertson/Opinion of the Court,
- (business) Commodities that are of intermediate price, size or quality.