[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

passage \pas"sage\, n. f. passage. see pass, v. i.
   1. the act of passing; transit from one place to another;
      movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or
      through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the
      passage of a ship or a bird; the passage of light; the
      passage of fluids through the pores or channels of the
      body.
      1913 webster

            what are my doors opposed against my passage
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. transit by means of conveyance; journey, as by water,
      carriage, car, or the like; travel; right, liberty, or
      means, of passing; conveyance.
      1913 webster

            the ship in which he had taken passage. --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   3. price paid for the liberty to pass; fare; as, to pay one's
      passage.
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   4. removal from life; decease; departure; death. r. "endure
      thy mortal passage." --milton.
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            when he is fit and season'd for his passage. --shak.
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   5. way; road; path; channel or course through or by which one
      passes; way of exit or entrance; way of access or transit.
      hence, a common avenue to various apartments in a
      building; a hall; a corridor.
      1913 webster

            and with his pointed dart
            explores the nearest passage to his heart. --dryden.
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            the persian army had advanced into the . . .
            passages of cilicia.                  --south.
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   6. a continuous course, process, or progress; a connected or
      continuous series; as, the passage of time.
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            the conduct and passage of affairs.   --sir j.
                                                  davies.
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            the passage and whole carriage of this action.
                                                  --shak.
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   7. a separate part of a course, process, or series; an
      occurrence; an incident; an act or deed. "in thy passages
      of life." --shak.
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            the . . . almost incredible passage of their
            unbelief.                             --south.
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   8. a particular portion constituting a part of something
      continuous; esp., a portion of a book, speech, or musical
      composition; a paragraph; a clause.
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            how commentators each dark passage shun. --young.
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   9. reception; currency. obs. --sir k. digby.
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   10. a pass or en encounter; as, a passage at arms.
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             no passages of love
             betwixt us twain henceforward evermore. --tennyson.
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   11. a movement or an evacuation of the bowels.
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   12. in parliamentary proceedings:
       a the course of a proposition bill, resolution, etc.
           through the several stages of consideration and
           action; as, during its passage through congress the
           bill was amended in both houses.
       b the advancement of a bill or other proposition from
           one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp.,
           the final affirmative action of the body upon a
           proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the
           passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed.
           "the passage of the stamp act." --d. hosack.
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                 the final question was then put upon its
                 passage.                         --cushing.
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   in passage, in passing; cursorily. "these . . . have been
      studied but in passage." --bacon.

   middle passage, northeast passage, northwest passage.
      see under middle, northeast, etc.

   of passage, passing from one place, region, or climate, to
      another; migratory; -- said especially of birds. "birds of
      passage." --longfellow.

   passage hawk, a hawk taken on its passage or migration.

   passage money, money paid for conveyance of a passenger, --
      usually for carrying passengers by water.
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   syn: vestibule; hall; corridor. see vestibule.
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see also:
pass in passage middle passage northeast passage northwest passage middle 
northeast of passage passage hawk passage money vestibule 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

middle \mid"dle\ mi^d"d'l, a. oe. middel, as. middel; akin
   to d. middel, ohg. muttil, g. mittel. root271. see mid,
   a.
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   1. equally distant from the extreme either of a number of
      things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house
      in a row; a middle rank or station in life; flowers of
      middle summer; men of middle age.
      1913 webster

   2. intermediate; intervening.
      1913 webster

            will, seeking good, finds many middle ends. --sir j.
                                                  davies.
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   note: middle is sometimes used in the formation of
         self-explaining compounds; as, middle-sized,
         middle-witted.
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   middle ages, the period of time intervening between the
      decline of the roman empire and the revival of letters.
      hallam regards it as beginning with the sixth and ending
      with the fifteenth century.

   middle class, in england, people who have an intermediate
      position between the aristocracy and the artisan class. it
      includes professional men, bankers, merchants, and small
      landed proprietors
      1913 webster

            the middle-class electorate of great britain. --m.
                                                  arnold.
      1913 webster

   middle distance. paint. see middle-ground.

   middle english. see english, n., 2.

   middle kingdom, china.

   middle oil chem., that part of the distillate obtained
      from coal tar which passes over between 170deg and
      230deg centigrade; -- distinguished from the light
      oil, and the heavy oil or dead oil.

   middle passage, in the slave trade, that part of the
      atlantic ocean between africa and the west indies.

   middle post. arch. same as king-post.

   middle states, new york, new jersey, pennsylvania, and
      delaware; which, at the time of the formation of the
      union, occupied a middle position between the eastern
      states or new england and the southern states. u.s.

   middle term logic, that term of a syllogism with which
      the two extremes are separately compared, and by means of
      which they are brought together in the conclusion.
      --brande.

   middle tint paint., a subdued or neutral tint.
      --fairholt.

   middle voice. gram. see under voice.

   middle watch, the period from midnight to four a. m.; also,
      the men on watch during that time. --ham. nav. encyc.

   middle weight, a pugilist, boxer, or wrestler classed as of
      medium weight, i. e., over 140 and not over 160 lbs., in
      distinction from those classed as light weights, heavy
      weights, etc.
      1913 webster
see also:
mid middle ages middle class middle distance middle-ground middle english 
english middle kingdom middle oil light oil heavy oil 
dead oil middle passage middle post king-post middle states 
middle term middle tint middle voice voice middle watch 
middle weight light weights heavy weights 

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