MID

a. n. prep.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Denoting the middle part; as, in mid ocean. No more the mounting larks, while Daphne sings, Shall list'ning in mid air suspend their wings. Pope.

2.
a.

Occupying a middle position; middle; as, the mid finger; the mid hour of night.

3.
a.

Made with a somewhat elevated position of some certain part of the tongue, in relation to the palate; midway between the high and the low; -- said of certain vowel sounds; as, a (ale), ê (êll), o (old). See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 10, 11.

4.
n.

Middle. [Obs.] About the mid of night come to my tent. Shak.

5.
prep.

See Amid.

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