Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural 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. - noun plural In the southern and western parts of the United States, the portion of the hog between the ham and the shoulder; bacon; -- called also
middles .
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- noun cooking Low grade or coarse
flour ; coarse wheat mixed withbran . - noun cooking, chiefly Southern US The part of a pig between the
shoulder and theham . - noun business Partially refined ore or petroleum.
- noun business
Commodities that are ofintermediate price ,size orquality .
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Examples
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On the spare-rib and chine there is but little meat, and the pieces called middlings consist almost entirely of fat.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches Eliza Leslie 1822
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Some of these are made of the waste of flouring mills, known as "middlings,"
A Handbook of Health Woods Hutchinson 1896
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Toppings are actually "middlings" in a Chicago deep dish.
unknown title 2009
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"middlings" and a double handful of the meat scraps bought especially for the ducks.
Rainbow Hill Josephine Lawrence
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"middlings" for pancakes at home, when her mother was tired of buckwheat.
A Little Girl of Long Ago Amanda Minnie Douglas 1873
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"middlings" if you can possibly get them; they contain the best elements of wheat.
Twenty-Five Cent Dinners for Families of Six Juliet Corson 1869
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Looking again at the first five ingredients in the three recalled dog foods, we see wheat middlings, rice bran, more corn in the form of corn gluten meal, sorghum, still more corn meal, and brewers rice.
Dr. Karen Becker: The Latest Recalled Dog Foods All Contain This Ingredient Dr. Karen Becker 2012
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Looking again at the first five ingredients in the three recalled dog foods, we see wheat middlings, rice bran, more corn in the form of corn gluten meal, sorghum, still more corn meal, and brewers rice.
Dr. Karen Becker: The Latest Recalled Dog Foods All Contain This Ingredient Dr. Karen Becker 2012
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Looking again at the first five ingredients in the three recalled dog foods, we see wheat middlings, rice bran, more corn in the form of corn gluten meal, sorghum, still more corn meal, and brewers rice.
Dr. Karen Becker: The Latest Recalled Dog Foods All Contain This Ingredient Dr. Karen Becker 2012
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Both kinds contained, besides the dried fish (or meat) and lard, a certain proportion of dried milk and middlings.
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