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Definition of Middlings
1. n. pl. A combination of the coarser parts of ground wheat the finest bran, separated from the fine flour and coarse bran in bolting; -- formerly regarded as valuable only for feed; but now, after separation of the bran, used for making the best quality of flour. Middlings contain a large proportion of gluten.
Definition of Middlings
1. Noun. (cooking) Low grade or coarse flour; coarse wheat mixed with bran. ¹
2. Noun. (cooking chiefly Southern US) The part of a pig between the shoulder and the ham. ¹
3. Noun. (business) Partially refined ore or petroleum. ¹
4. Noun. (business) Commodities that are of intermediate price, size or quality. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Middlings
1. middling [n] - See also: middling
Lexicographical Neighbors of Middlings
Literary usage of Middlings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1901)
"In.the manufacture of middlings flour, the action of stones on the middlings is
not different from their action on grain, but in the wheat- stones the germ ..."
2. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1884)
"The finest of all the middlings, with almost no bran 2024. ... The bran is to a
large degree removed in cleaning these middlings, bnt the germ of course ..."
3. Appletons' Cyclopædia of Applied Mechanics: A Dictionary of Mechanical by Appleton, firm, publishers, New York (1880)
"The middlings are received in the hopper.over the feed-roll Л", Fig. ...
The middlings are delivered to the head or receiving end of the ..."
4. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1852)
"For the corresponding month in 1851, the sales were G3,000 bales, receipts 88859,
and exports 53229—middlings being then quoted at 10 cents. ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The largest of these more or less cubical particles are known as semolina, whilst
the medium-sized are called middlings and the smallest sized termed dunst. ..."
6. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1852)
"Prices have gone up steadily from 8 to 9^ cents for middlings, the latter being
the figure now quoted, and at timos, in the months of June, July, ..."
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