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mid-year
[f. mid a. + year1.]
†1. Midsummer. Obs.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxv. (Julian) 446 Þe chyld semyt þan fere mare clere Þane is þe sowne in myd-ȝere.
2. U.S. Used attrib. in Mid-year examinations (also Mid-years), the Harvard university examinations held in the middle of the academic year (in January).
1897Howells Landl. Lion's Head 216 He had reckoned upon..a dance after the Mid-Years. Ibid. 236 A large party was given on the eve of the Harvard Mid-Year Examinations.
3. The middle of the year. Also attrib.
1901U.S. Dept. Agric. Yearbk. 154 To teachers the series of meetings is a series of mid-year institutes. 1909Cent. Dict. Suppl. s.v., Rents due at the midyear. 1932Irish Press 10 Mar. 5/3 This corresponded to an annual rate of 14·6 per thousand of the estimated mid-year population for the year 1931. 1973E. Taylor Serpent under It (1974) v. 82 This may set us back months. Instead of getting our degrees at midyears, we'll probably have to wait now until next June. |