The point, part, or position in space that is at an equal distance from the sides, edges, or ends (of a line, area, volume, etc.); the point in…

= middle, n. in various senses. Chiefly in in the mid, the mid of. Now British regional.

The middle, the middle part. Now archaic and poetic.

The middle (middle, adj. 1).

A location in space. The centre or central spot of something. Obsolete.

The middle, the middle part or point; the midst. Chiefly in in (the) mids (of). Now Scottish.

That which is intermediate; a condition, quality, disposition, or course of action, that is equally removed from two opposite extremes. Frequently…

The centrally placed of several wards of a town, county, etc., or of a prison. Formerly also: gen. the middle or central part of something. Obsolete.

The middle point, part, or position (spatially or temporally); = middle, adj. 1. Obsolete (archaic in later use).

gen. The middle point or part of anything; the innermost part or portion, the midst; the zone or region which is equidistant or remote from all…

The centre, the middle, the midst.

The centre or middle point of something. gen. The middle point of anything; the hub or heart of an organization, sphere of activity, etc.

The centre; the middle point or part. Obsolete.

The core or middle part of something.

A point or position midway between two extreme points; a halfway place or house.

A centre. Also attributive.

The middle, temporally or spatially; the midst. Chiefly in in the amidst of. rare.

Applied (frequently as a conventional epithet) to a city, country, etc., which is likened to an eye, variously imagined as a shining or pre-eminent…

(See quot. 1688.)

The centre, heart, or hub of a place, organization, sphere of activity, etc. Cf. navel, n. 2.

The middle of proceedings or a course of conduct, argument, etc.

(a) poetic. rare the very middle or centre; (b) a member of the middle middle class; the middle middle class.