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† ˈmiddle-land Obs.
1. = Midland n. Also attrib. = Midland a., Mediterranean a.
1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 5134 Al walis & al þe march & al middel lond ywis Þat is al bituene temese & homber is. 1565Stapleton tr. Bæda's Hist. Ch. Eng. 125 Edilred kinge of the Marshes or middleland englishmen came into Kent with a terrible and fell hoste. 1650Fuller Pisgah i. i. 3 Not all the water of Kishon, of Jordan, of the Red, of the Dead, of the Middle-land Sea..should serve to quench the fire.
2. Agric. Land of medium elevation. In quot. attrib.
1790Marshall Midl. Counties I. 269 The species of grass-land..are chiefly, Lowland grass..and Middleland grass, or ‘Turf’; there being no Upland grass or sheepwalk within it.
Hence † middle-lander, an inhabitant of the Midlands.
1644Featly Roma Ruens 42, I am sure Bede affirmeth that the Eastern Angli or English were first gained to Christ by Fœlix,..and the middle-landers by Finanus. |