Lexicographical Neighbors of Middled
Literary usage of Middled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1842)
"The next plate is then cut nearly as long as the first, and the ends are tapered
down; after which it ' middled' on both sides' A slit is then cut at each ..."
2. Cabool: A Personal Narrative of a Journey To, and Residence in that City, in by Alexander Burnes (1843)
"Before the boat starts, the track-rope is middled, and the inner half coiled down
under ... The shoal passed, the guy is shortened, the line again middled, ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"And center of the potter's trade. Luke xxiv. 36. In the dead vast and middle of
the night. Shale., Hamlet,. 2.. middle (mid'l), vt ; prêt, and pp. middled, ..."
4. English Pleasure Carriages: Their Origin, History, Varieties, Materials by William Bridges Adams (1837)
"The side which fits against the other plates is then technically " middled:" te
it is hollowed by hammering so that the centre may be sunk below the edges. ..."
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