or middy, subs. (common).—A midshipman.
1812. SOUTHEY, Letters [ed. WARTER, 1856], ii. 315. I have written to Bedford to learn what MIDS of the Victory fell in that action.
1836. M. SCOTT, Tom Cringle’s Log, xii. The purser and doctor, and three of the MIDDIES forward, Thomas Cringle, gent., pulling the stroke-oar.
1847. BULWER-LYTTON, Lucretia, pt. II. ch. 1. Percival was meant for the navy, and even served as a MID for a year or so.
