Mid"dest (?), a.; superl. of Mid. [See Midst.] Situated most nearly in
the middle; middlemost; midmost. [Obs.] " 'Mongst the middest crowd."
Spenser.
Mid"dest, n. Midst; middle. [Obs.] Fuller.
Mid"ding (?), n. Same as Midden.
Mid"dle (-d'l), a. [OE. middel, AS. middel; akin to D. middel, OHG.
muttil, G. mittel. √271. 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.