a. Of middle rank, state, size, or quality; about equally distant from the extremes; medium; moderate; mediocre; ordinary. “A town of but middling size.” Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

Plainly furnished, as beseemed the middling circumstances of its inhabitants. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Mid"dling*ly, adv. -- Mid"dling*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]