No more the mounting larks, while Daphne sings,
Shall list'ning in mid air suspend their wings.
Occupying a middle position; middle; as, the mid finger; the mid hour of night.
Made with a somewhat elevated position of some certain part of the tongue, in relation to the palate; midway between the high and the low; -- said of certain vowel sounds; as, ā (āle), ĕ (ĕll), ō (ōld). See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 10, 11. (Phon.)