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rvice as naval cadet. Having served three and a half years in this rank, and passed an examination, he is eligible to promotion to the rank of lieutenant.

In the middle of a ship; -- properly amidships.

The interior or central part or place; the middle; -- used chiefly in the objective case after in; as, in the midst of the forest. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him. Luke iv. 35. There is nothing... in the midst [of the play] which might not have been placed in the beginning. Dryden.…

The middle of summer. Shak. Midsummer daisy (Bot.), the oxeye daisy.

Situated in the middle.

The middle of the way or distance; a middle way or course. Shak. Paths indirect, or in the midway faint. Milton.

The middle of the week. Also used adjectively.

To perform the office of midwife.

The art or practice of assisting women in childbirth; obstetrics.

The middle of winter. Dryden.

To midwife. [Obs.]

Aspect; air; manner; demeanor; carriage; bearing. Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen. Pope.

A petty falling out; a tiff; a quarrel; offense. Fielding.

imp. of May. Etym: [AS. meahte, mihte.]

Mighty. [Obs.] Shak.

In a mighty manner; with might; with great earnestness; vigorously; powerfully. Whereunto I also labor, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily. Col. i. 29.

The quality of being mighty; possession of might; power; greatness; high dignity. How soon this mightiness meets misery. Shak.

Without; weak. [Obs.]

Possessing might; having great power or authority. Wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Job ix. 4.

Soft; dainty. [Obs.] B. Jonson.