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middling(2)(dictionary)
middling(dictionary)
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teres (iou) and middling(2) (iou)


teres (iou)



teres noun. E18.
[mod. Latin from Latin: see TERETE.]
Anatomy. Either of two muscles arising from the shoulder-blade and attached to the upper part of the humerus, one (in full teres major) drawing the arm towards the body and rotating it inwards, the Other (in full teres minor) rotating it outwards.
Phrases: pronator teres a pronating muscle of the forearm, between the humerus and ulna, near the elbow, and the radius.

middling(2) (iou)



middling noun. LME.
[Prob. orig. from MID adjective + -LING1; later, the adjective used absol.]
a. A middle or intermediate part. LME-E17.
b. A mediocre or average person or thing. Freq. in among the middlings, of a mediocre class. Chiefly dial. L19.
A medium-sized pin. rare. M16.
In pl. Goods, esp. flour, cotton, or minerals, which have been sorted according to quality into the second of three grades. M18.
= MIDDLE noun 3b. US. L18.