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Webster 1913 Edition
Midland
Mid′land
,Adj.
1.
Being in the interior country; distant from the coast or seashore;
as,
. midland
towns or inhabitantsHowell.
2.
Surrounded by the land; mediterranean.
And on the
midland
sea the French had awed. Dryden.
Mid′land
,Noun.
The interior or central region of a country; – usually in the plural.
Drayton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Midland
MID'LAND
,Adj.
1.
Surrounded by the sea; mediterranean. And on the midland sea the French had aw'd.