Mid

a. [compar. wanting; superl. MIDST (MID-DEST, obs.), or MIDMOST. See MIDST.] [A-S. middi, O. Sax. middi, O. Fries. midde, Goth. midja, Icel. miðr, O. H. Ger. mitti, M. H. Ger. mitte, allied to Lat. medius, Gr. μέσος, Skr. madhyas.] Situated between extremes; middle; intervening;—often written as a compound with the words to which it belongs; as, mid-day, mid-air, &c.

No more the mountain larks, while Daphne sings, Shall, lifting in mid-air, suspend their wings. Pope.

☞ Mid is often used in composition, the words thus formed denoting the middle part, or situation in the midst of that which is signified by the simple word, or that the object signified by the latter occupies a middle position with respect to other objects, these compounds being usually of very obvious meaning; as, mid-air, mid-channel, mid-course, mid-earth, mid-finger, mid-hour, mid-leg, mid-moon, mid-passage, mid-river, mid-sea, mid-shoulders, mid-sky, mid-stream, mid-wood, and the like.

n. Central part; middle; midst. [Obs.] In the mid he had the habit of a monk. Fuller.