单词 | mids |
释义 | midsn.adv.prep. Chiefly Scottish. A. n. 1. The middle, the middle part or point; the midst. Chiefly in in (the) mids (of). Now Scottish.Usually with reference to space, but occasionally with temporal reference. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [noun] > middle or centre middleeOE mideOE midwardOE middleheada1325 pointc1330 midsa1382 meanc1390 middleward1431 midstc1450 centrea1500 centrya1535 navel1604 umbilic1607 meditullium1611 half-way1634 umbrila1636 amidst1664 eye1671 umbil1688 omphalos1845 mid-career1911 middle-middle1926 the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [noun] > position of being in the midst middleeOE mideOE midsa1382 midst1535 the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > position of being among > [adverb] amongeOE imid1340 in (the) mids (of)a1382 midmost1700 the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > position of being among > among [preposition] amongeOE amidOE amongst1258 in (the) mids (of)a1382 in the middle ofc1384 amella1400 amidmonga1500 in the midst of1535 in midst (of)a1556 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 1 Kings xvi. 13 Samuel tooc an horn of oyle & enoyntide hym in þe myddes of þe breþeren of hym. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. ii. 184 (MED) Thus fals and fauel fareth forth togideres, And Mede in þe myddes. a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 5192 (MED) Crist sal sytte..Onence þe myddes of erth. 1449 in Cal. Proc. Chancery Queen Elizabeth (1830) II. p. lv (MED) The beames shullen be in brede atte myddes xij inches. c1480 (a1400) St. Christopher 14 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 340 Of his lyf al þe begynnynge, & þe mydis, & als þe endynge. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xv. 167 Syne with his baneris hardely [The] myddis of the toune he tais. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 1 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 95 In ye myddis of may. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. I A spyder that is in the myddes of her webbe. 1536 R. Beerley Let. in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. (1880) 35 Sume cum to mattens begenynge at the mydes, and sume when yt ys allmost done. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 1548 The walle..of marbill was most fro þe myddes vp. 1544 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 213 In breadythe in the mydds Fyftye and fyve Foote. 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Svpper of the Lorde f. cxxjv The Priest standing humbly afore the middes of the Altar. 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Dd4 v Now brighte Hyperion was in middes of skie. 1611 Bible (King James) Luke iv. 30 He passing thorow the mids of them. 1611 Bible (King James) Luke iv. 35 When the deuill had throwen him in the middes . View more context for this quotation 1621 H. Ainsworth Annot. Five Bks. Moses, Bk. Psalmes & Song of Songs (1639) 92 A weight called in Hebrew bekagh, which signifieth cleft or cut in the mids. a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) xli. 129 A man who knew right well..what it was that did make a mans face to shine in the mids of his own house and in the Congregation. 1683 Kirkcudbright Town Council Rec. 7 Mar. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) The southmost check of the hall is the just mids of the samyne. 1701 in W. Cramond Church of Aberdour (1896) 47 The Session do appoint a four nooked big stool to be made of an ell high to stand in the mids of the floor. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 6 A burning coal..was ta'en, Frae out the ingle mids. 1824 G. Smith Douglas Travestie 29 Gif hell has ony mids, this is the spot. 1865 G. MacDonald Alec Forbes I. xxix. 255 I'm i' the mids' o' cleanin' the shune. 1897 J. Mackinnon Braefoot Sketches 68 Tak' a vizy o' ma knockie here. It stoppit in the mids o' the day. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 211 I' the mids o' Lammas fair. 2. A mean between two extremes; a compromise, a middle course. Cf. midst n. 3. Now Scottish. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > compromise > [noun] > instance of midsc1485 temper?1523 composition1597 temperature1598 temperament1604 medium1719 compromise1797 come-between1877 trade-off1909 wash1976 c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Gouernaunce of Princis (1993) i. 61 Largess quhilk is the myddis betuix prodigalitee and auarice. 1558 Q. Kennedy Compendius Tractiue xii. sig. Eviv Betuix thir twa extremiteis geue it plesit God that the myddis sulde cum furth: apperandlie it wer ane gret ease. c1600 Hist. & Life James VI (1825) 105 Whare thay conferrit lang with the Lordis upoun the xxj day of Maij for sum articles of peax, bot never concludit any myds [ed. 1804: midds]. c1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 111 The Assemblie laboured to take a mids in the mater. 1709 W. Steuart Coll. & Observ. Church Scotl. 244 Temperance is the Golden Mids between Abstinence and Intemperance. 1720 T. Boston Human Nature v. 272 There's a mids betwixt omitting of Duty, and the doing of it, as thou dost it. 1875 W. Alexander Sketches Life among Ain Folk xii. 67 There's a midse i' the sea, ye ken, an' it is not wisse-like to gae sic len'ths. 1921 Kelso Chron. 4 Mar. 2 ‘There's a gude midz,’ as our grandmothers were fond of saying. 1946 J. C. Milne Orra Loon 7 But I winna sup ower muckle, for in a'thing there's a mids. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means keyOE toolc1000 wherewithc1230 ministerc1380 meanc1390 instrumenta1425 organ?a1425 mesne1447 moyen1449 handlec1450 hackneya1500 receipta1500 operative1526 ingine1531 appliance1555 agent1579 matter1580 mids1581 wedge1581 wherewithal1583 shoeing-horn1587 engine1589 instrumental1598 Roaring Meg1598 procurement1601 organy1605 vehicle1615 vehiculuma1617 executioner1646 facility1652 operatory1660 instrumentality1663 expedient1665 agency1684 bladea1713 mechanic1924 mechanism1924 1581 in T. Thomson Acts & Proc. Kirk of Scotl. (1840) II. 491 He vses the ministrie of men, as ane maist necessarie myddis for this purpose. 1586 in Lett. & Papers Ld. Gray (1835) 117 I may see if some good middis may be takin for the Queens suretie of that realme. 1616 J. Maitland Apol. W. Maitland in Misc. Sc. Hist. Soc. (1904) 200 I hoip that my father his dealings sal appeir sincer..& his endis & midis lauful & honest. 1646 R. Baillie Let. Feb. (1841) II. 355 Your debates about the midses mak the end among your hand to be lost. a1658 J. Durham Expos. Rev. (1680) ii. iv. 129 A sinful midse for attaining an end. 1710 R. Wodrow Corr. (1842) I. 144 This is the midse that is fallen upon at present to prevent rents. In the middle or midst. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [adverb] > in the middle or midst amidOE tomidsOE midwardOE amidstc1300 in midsc1400 midc1425 midsc1425 in mida1500 midmost1700 amidmost1870 midst1883 midwards1892 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. 1982 (MED) In-to an yle, myddes of þe see, We were dryve. ?1435 ( J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 639 Myddys above in ffull riche array, Ther satte a childe. c1450 (?c1408) J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte (1901) 5197 (MED) And myddys of the soote herbage, Ther be bestys eke savage. In the middle of. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 1061 Þan metis him myddis þe way..A hert. a1500 Partenay (Trin. Cambr.) 5779 (MED) Thys wonderfull..best Ne but on ey hath middes the forehed. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xviii. 265 To end which two begun (Mids all) a song. CompoundsΚΠ a1450 Generides (Pierpont Morgan) (1865) 2792 (MED) In the middes nek his stroke bote, That his eyen fel out of his heid. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 245/1 Myddes parte of a channell, le fil dune riuiere. C2. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [noun] > middle finger middle fingereOE long fingerc1300 longmanc1300 midsfinger1483 mid-finger1644 thimble-finger1796 second finger1860 1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 239 Þe Middis fynger, medius degitus [sic]. ΚΠ 1614 in J. D. Marwick Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs Scotl. (1870) II. 459 To be ane good instrument and midsman betuix thame [sc. the craftsmen] and the gild~brether. 1768 A. Ross in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. (at cited word) You'll be the midsman, you'll make up the peace. 1802 Ann. Reg. 1801 (Otridge ed.) Hist. Europe 23 What has been the main cause of the wretchedness of the Irish and the Highlanders of Scotland? The midsmen of the former; and the tacksmen of the latter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). midsv. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > occupy the middle [verb (transitive)] commoderate1590 mids1681 middle1747 1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. ii. i. §41. 177 Tribonian midseth the matter thus. 2. intransitive. Scottish. To cohere. ΚΠ 1925 R. L. Cassie Gangrel Muse 44 Bit puckles mair [atoms] tae mids are laith, Sea roon they roll. 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