(a) The middle part of something; the core of a fruit; also, the midpoint, center [PConsc. quot.]; fro the ~ up, from the midpoint to the top; (b) bi the ~, ?from or about the middle; in (the) ~, situated in the middle, in the midst; to the ~, up to the middle, half full; (c) atte ~, at the midpoint, in the middle part; in the ~, at the middle; to the ~, to the mid-line, half buried; (d) at the ~ of, in (the) ~ of, in ~, in the middle of (sth.), at the center of (sth.); bi ~ of, from the middle of (the spine); thurgh ~, through the center of (sth.); (e) fro ~, from within (sth.); in ~, in the middle of (sth.), inside (a furnace), surrounded by (fire); in (the) ~ of, inside of (sth.), at the center of; near the midpoint between the surface and the bottom of (a stream); (f) the middle of a book or a chapter; in the ~; (g) the middle of a human body or of a garment for the whole body, the waist; also, the middle of a pig; in (the) ~, at the waist.

(a) Midst; in (the) ~ of, on ~ of, in ~, in the midst of (a group of people or things), among; bi the ~ of, through (a crowd); bitwix ~, among, between; fro(m the ~ of, from among; in the ~, in the midst, among them; (b) that which is between two persons or places; in (the) ~, in the middle, between them.

(a) The midpoint of a period of time; also, the middle part of it; in ~ of yeres, in the midst of the years, in the middle of the time allotted; to the ~ of an houre, for half an hour; in (the) ~ of, at the midpoint of (the day, a month, etc.); also, during the middle portion of (a month, etc.); (b) the middle of an action, a course of action, medical treatment, etc.; in ~, in the midst of (one's work); in (the) ~ of, in the midst of (an action, activity, a course of action, ritual), also, in the midst of (events, troubles, a situation).