† mid-watersadv.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mid-water n., -s suffix1.
Etymology: < mid-water n. + -s suffix1. Compare mid-water adv.
Obsolete.
rare.
a1800 Coble o' Cargill in F. J. Child (1892) IV. viii. 359 He put his foot into the boat, He little thocht o ony ill; But before that he was mid-waters, The weary coble began to fill.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2018).