Cities, as well mediterranean as maritime.
Holland.
3. Of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea; as, Mediterranean trade;
a Mediterranean voyage.
Med`i*ter*ra"ne*ous (?), a. Inland. Sir T. Browne.
Me"di*um (?), n.; pl. L. Media (#), E. Mediums (#). [L. medium the
middle, fr. medius middle. See Mid, and cf. Medius.] 1. That which lies
in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity.
Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place or degree; mean.
The just medium . . . lies between pride and abjection.
L'Estrange.
(b) (Math.) See Mean. (c) (Logic) The mean or middle term of a
syllogism; that by which the extremes are brought into connection.
2. A substance through which an effect is transmitted from one thing to
another; as, air is the common medium of sound. Hence: The condition
upon which any event or action occurs; necessary means of motion or
action; that through or by which anything is accomplished, conveyed, or
carried on; specifically, in animal magnetism, spiritualism, etc., a
person through whom the action of another being is said to be
manifested and transmitted.
Whether any other liquors, being made mediums, cause a diversity of
sound from water, it may be tried.
Bacon.
I must bring together All these extremes; and must remove all
mediums.
Denham.