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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Midlings, -lyngis, Mydlinis, -lynis, a. and n. pl. [f. as Midlin(g a.] Of an intermediate sort. b. absol. as n. pl. — 1456 Hay II. 137/6.
Of metis thare is sum that is sutile and othir that is rude and othir that ar mydlinis
Ib. /11.
The mydlynis metis
b. 1543 Aberd. B. Rec. MS. XVIII (Jam. (1825) s.v. Midlyngis).
Ane bout of midlyngis
1609 Garden Garden 53.
(Jam.). Some yong, some midlings, … Some in the verie euening of their age
1701 New Mills Manuf. 255.
Without regaird to any coloured cloaths except midlings and fyne cinamons

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