Mid"gard` (?), n. [Icel. miðgarðr.] (Scand. Myth.) The middle space or
region between heaven and hell; the abode of human beings; the earth.
Midge (?), n. [OE. migge, AS. mycge; akin to OS. muggia, D. mug, G.
mücke, OHG. mucca, Icel. m&?;, Sw. mygga, mygg, Dan. myg; perh. named
from its buzzing; cf. Gr. &?; to low, bellow.] (Zoöl.)
1. Any one of many small, delicate, long- legged flies of the
Chironomus, and allied genera, which do not bite. Their larvæ are
usually aquatic.
2. A very small fly, abundant in many parts of the United States and
Canada, noted for the irritating quality of its bite.
The name is also applied to various other small flies. See Wheat midge,
under Wheat.