Section M, N, and O

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Brande. --
Middle tint (Paint.), a subdued or
neutral tint. Fairholt. -- Middle
voice. (Gram.) See under Voice. --
Middle watch, the period from midnight to four
A. M.; also, the men on watch during that time.
Ham. Nav. Encyc. -- Middle weight, a
pugilist, boxer, or wrestler classed as of medium weight, i.
e., over 140 and not over 160 lbs., in distinction from those
classed as light weights, heavy weights, etc.

Mid"dle (?), n. [AS. middel. See
Middle, a.] The point or part equally
distant from the extremities or exterior limits, as of a line, a
surface, or a solid; an intervening point or part in space, time, or
order of series; the midst; central portion; specif., the
waist. Chaucer. "The middle of the land."
Judg. ix. 37.

In this, as in most questions of state, there is a
middle.

Burke.

Syn. -- See Midst.

Mid"dle-age` (?), [Middle + age.

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