Middle

Middle
Middle Mid"dle, n. [AS. middel. See {Middle}, a.] The point or part equally distant from the extremities or exterior limits, as of a line, a surface, or a solid; an intervening point or part in space, time, or order of series; the midst; central portion; specif., the waist. --Chaucer. ``The middle of the land.'' --Judg. ix. 37. [1913 Webster]

In this, as in most questions of state, there is a middle. --Burke. [1913 Webster]

Syn: See {Midst}. [1913 Webster]


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