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(mid′liŋ)

adjective

of middle size, quality, grade, etc.; medium; ordinary; mediocre

Origin: mid + -ling

adverb

Informal fairly; moderately; somewhat

noun

☆ pork or bacon from between the ham and the shoulder
products of medium quality, grade, size, or price
particles of coarsely ground grain, often mixed with bran and used as feed

See middling in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Of medium size, position, or quality.
Mediocre. See Synonyms at average.

noun

Chiefly Southern U.S.
a. Pork or bacon cut from between the ham and shoulder of a pig. Often used in the plural.
b. Salt pork. Also called middling meat.
middlings Any of various products, such as partially refined petroleum or ore, that are intermediate in quality, size, price, or grade.
middlings (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Coarsely ground wheat mixed with bran.

adverb
Informal

Fairly; moderately: “a middling nice cake” (Hatfield MA Valley Advocate).

Origin:

Origin: Probably Middle English midlin

Origin: : mid, mid; see mid¹

Origin: + -ling, having a quality; see -ling¹

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Related Forms:

midˈdling·ly adverb

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