Definition of Mid-water

1. Noun. The water that is well below the surface but also well above the bottom. "Many marine fishes inhabit the mid-waters"

Generic synonyms: Body Of Water, Water

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mid-water

mid-off
mid-on
mid-priced
mid-season
mid-season form
mid-season forms
mid-seasons
mid-seventies
mid-sixties
mid-size
mid-spring
mid-term
mid-thirties
mid-twenties
mid-twentieth
mid-water (current term)
mid off
mid on
mid season
mid season form
mid season forms
mid seasons
mid seral species
mid seral treatment
mid youth
mida
midadolescent
midafternoon
midafternoons
midair

Literary usage of Mid-water

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"They may again sometimes be caught in mid-water, and in fact there are few ... They can be caught close to the surface, at mid-water and at the bottom, ..."

2. A Book on Angling: Being a Complete Treatise on the Art of Angling in Every by Francis Francis (1920)
"... CHAPTER IV mid-water FISHING The 1'ikc—Spinning—Trolling with the Dead Gorge—Live Baiting, etc. THE PIKE (Esox lucius) THE pike plays no little part in ..."

3. A Book on Angling: Being a Complete Treatise on the Art of Angling in Every by Francis Francis (1876)
"mid-water FISHING. THE PIKE— SPINNING - TROLLING WITH THE DEAD GORGE —LITE BAITING, ETC. THE PIKE (Esox lucius). THE pike plays no little part in the ..."

4. Up the Yang-tse by Edward Harper Parker (1891)
"Upward junks keep in the channel at mid-water. Between mid and low water ... At full mid-water upward junks keep the channel. At low mid-water avoid the ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Sometimes grubs and worms are used in mid-water fishing, being cast up stream and allowed to float down in mid- water. This is chiefly for trout. ..."

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