middlings

/ (ˈmɪdlɪŋz) /

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pl n

the poorer or coarser part of flour or other products

commodities of intermediate grade, quality, size, or price

mainly US the part of a pig between the ham and shoulder

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Words nearby middlings

Middle Westerner, middle white, middle years, middle youth, middling, middlings, Middx, middy, middy blouse, Mideast, midengine

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How to use middlings in a sentence

The middlings and oil meal are charged in the "food for animals" account at the rate of $1 a year for each finished hog.
The Fat of the Land|John Williams Streeter
All but the middlings and oil meal come from the farm and are paid for by certain fixed charges heretofore mentioned.
The Fat of the Land|John Williams Streeter
The finest part of the flour, obtained by regrinding middlings between blunt stones.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley
Grading reel, for separating middlings by sifting through various sizes of bolting cloth.
Foods and Household Management|Helen Kinne

Smooth rolls, for grinding purified middlings very fine to flour.
Foods and Household Management|Helen Kinne