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middlings

noun
/ˈmɪdlɪŋz/UK/ˈmɪd(ə)lɪŋz/US

Etymology

From middling + -s.

  1. derived from *médʰyos✻
  2. derived from *midjō✻
  3. inherited from *midlą✻
  4. inherited from middel
  5. inherited from myddel
  6. suffixed as middling — “middle + ing”
  7. suffixed as middlings — “middling + s”

Definitions

  1. Commodities that are of intermediate price, quality, or size.

  2. Partially refined ore or petroleum.

  3. Low-grade or coarse flour

    Low-grade or coarse flour; coarse wheat mixed with bran.

    • Buckwheat middlings is a fairly good feed for dairy cows, being far superior to buckwheat bran.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. The part of a pig between the shoulder and the ham.

    2. plural of middling

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA