English Dictionary

middle

/ˈmɪdəl/

verb

(obsolete) To take a middle view of. / (obsolete, nautical, transitive) To double (a rope) into two equal portions; to fold in the middle.

He middles the argument between the two parties.

意味（1）

(obsolete) To take a middle view of.

And now, to middle the matter between both, it is pity, that the man they favour has not that sort of merit which a person of a mind so delicate as that of Miss Harlowe might reasonably expect in a husband.

意味（2）

(obsolete, nautical, transitive) To double (a rope) into two equal portions; to fold in the middle.