Middle
Middle (mid"d'l) , a.
[OE. middel, AS. middel; akin to D. middel, OHG. muttil, G. mittel. r271. See Mid, a.]
1.
Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station in life; flowers of middle summer; men of middle age.
2.
Intermediate; intervening.
Will, seeking good, finds many middle ends.
The middle-class electorate of Great Britain.
Middle , n.
[AS. middel. See Middle, a.]
The point or part equally distant from the extremities or exterior limits, as of a line, a surface, or a solid; an intervening point or part in space, time, or order of series; the midst; central portion
In this, as in most questions of state, there is a middle.