3. (Old Cant).—A finger.
Middle-cut, subs. (Winchester College).—See quot. and Dispar.
1866. Mansfield, School Life, p. 84. There were . . . eight [portions] to a leg of mutton . . . the thick slice out of the centre of the leg was called a middle cut.
Middle-finger (or Leg), subs. (venery).—The penis. For synonyms see Creamstick and Prick.
Middle-gate, subs. (venery).—1. The female pudendum. For synonyms see Monosyllable.
1692. Gentlemen's Journal, Aug., p. 8. You must as cautionary [an earnest] give a gate—that middle gate which leads to th' seat of bliss.
Middle-kingdom, subs. (venery).—The female pudendum. For synonyms see Monosyllable.
Middle-match. See Match.
Middle-mess, subs. (Winchester College).—See Mess.
Middle-piece, subs. (common).—The stomach. For synonyms see Victualling-office. Also middle-pie and middle-storey.
1675. Crowne, Country Wit, iv. 1. I'll lodge a cudgel in your middle-storey backward.
1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, s.v.
Middling, adv. (colloquial).—Tolerably; moderately.
1869. H. B. Stowe, Oldtown, p. 31. Wal, I don't jedge him nor nobody. . . . Don't none on us do more than middlin' well?
Phr. (tailors').—'I don't think so.' 'I don't believe what you say.'
Middy. See Mid.
Midge, subs. (provincial).—A small one-horse carriage used in the Isle of Wight.
Midge-net, subs. (common).—A lady's veil.
Midget, subs. (colloquial).—Anything small of its kind; e.g., a sprightly child.
1869. H. B. Stowe, Oldtown, p. 177. Now you know Parson Kendall's a little midget of a man.
Midlands, subs. phr. (venery).—The female pudendum. For synonyms see Monosyllable.
Midnight, subs. (American).—Sarsparilla. Midnight without = sarsparilla without ice.
As white as midnight's arse-hole, phr. (old).—As black as may be.
1557-8. Jacob & Esau [Dodsley, Old Plays (1874), ii. 253]. As white as midnight's arse-hole or virgin pitch.
Midshipman's-half-pay, subs. (nautical).—See quot. and Monkey's Allowance.
1856. C. Kingsley, Letters [3rd abridged ed. 1879], May. You fellows worked like bricks, spent money, and got midshipman's half-pay (nothing a-day and find yourself) and monkey's allowance (more kicks than halfpence).
Midshipman's-nuts, subs. (nautical).—Broken biscuit, eaten by way of dessert.
Midshipman's Watch and Chain, subs. phr. (old).—See quot.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v. . . . a sheep's heart and pluck.
Midshipmite, subs. (colloquial).—A diminutive midshipman.
