middlings
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
- (plural only, business) Commodities that are of intermediate price#Noun|price, quality, or size#Noun|size.
- (plural only, business) Partially refined ore or petroleum.
- 1924, Supreme Court of the United States, Miller v. Robertson/Opinion of the Court
- The product described in the earlier contract is:
- 'All the zinc sulphide crude ore, zinc sulphide concentrates and zinc sulphide middlings, shipped from Midvale, Utah, Kennett, Cal., or any other point by or under the control of the seller during the period of this agreement.'
- 1924, Supreme Court of the United States, Miller v. Robertson/Opinion of the Court
- (plural only, milling) Low-grade or coarse flour; coarse wheat mixed with bran.
- 1917, Carl William Larson, Fred Silver Putney, Dairy cattle feeding and management, page 95 ↗,
- Buckwheat middlings is a fairly good feed for dairy cows, being far superior to buckwheat bran.
- 1917, Carl William Larson, Fred Silver Putney, Dairy cattle feeding and management, page 95 ↗,
- (plural only, cooking, chiefly, Southern US) The part of a pig between the shoulder#Noun|shoulder and the ham.
- plural form of middling
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