(a) A middle region in space, the middle part of a thing; the interior of a country, central part of a constellation, middle stories of a building; middle of a stream, town, bodily part, etc.; (b) the center; the middle member of a series; the second story of a three-story building; also fig.; in the ~ of, in the center of (sth.); (c) bi the ~, down the middle, into equal halves; to the ~ of thi leg, of a garment: reaching to your midleg or calf; to the ~ ward, towards the center; (d) the middle part of a book, treatise, or written word.

(a) The middle of the human body, the waist; ~ smal, slender waist; (b) ~ man, a maker of girdles.

(a) The midst; in (the) ~ of, in the midst of (persons or things), among, between; bi the ~ of, in the midst of; fro the ~ of, from the midst of, from among, from between; into the ~ of, into the midst of; out of the ~ of, out from among; thurgh the ~ of, through the midst of, through; (b) in ~, in the midst of a crowd; ?in the midst of an action, suddenly; on the ~, in the midst of the sea or of a voyage; ?suddenly; bringen into ~, to make (sth.) public; casten into the ~, throw (sb.) into the midst of people; don awei fro the ~, get rid of (sb.); lien in the ~, lie in the midst; stonden in the ~, stand out in the open; (c) in the ~, in the middle position, between them; also fig.; (d) in the ~, in the midst of (things).

The middle part of a period of time; the middle of a month, middle part of one's life; also, the middle part of an action, a condition, mass, story; ~ of daies, the prime of life; ~ of the dai, noon; ~ of the mone, the full of the moon; ~ of the night, midnight; ~ overcomen of the dai, the afternoon of the day.

(a) Something which is intermediate in weight, size, quality, intensity, etc.; (b) math. & mus. a mean; ~ bi armonie, a tone intermediate between two other tones; ~ bi ars-metrike, the average of two integers; ~ bi gemetrie, a number whose square is equal to the product of a larger and a smaller number; (c) an intermediate cause, a means; bi the ~ of, by means of, through; (d) middle ground, mean between moral extremes; moderation.

Half; the ~, half as many.

Error for middinge, ?privy, ?dunghill.

In surnames.