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, a person
through whom the action of another being is said to be manifested and
transmitted.

Whether any other liquors, being made mediums,
cause a diversity of sound from water, it may be tried.

Bacon.

I must bring together

All these extremes; and must remove all mediums.

Denham.

3. An average. [R.]

A medium of six years of war, and six years of
peace.

Burke.

4. A trade name for printing and writing
paper of certain sizes. See Paper.

5. (Paint.) The liquid vehicle with
which dry colors are ground and prepared for application.

Circulating medium, a current medium of
exchange, whether coin, bank notes, or government notes. --
Ethereal medium (Physics), the
ether. -- Medium of exchange, that which
is used for effecting an exchange of commodities -- money or current
representatives of money.

Me"di*um, a. Having a middle
position or degree; mean; intermediate; medial; as, a horse of
medium size; a decoction of medium strength.

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