وسط

قَتَلَ فُلَانًا مُوَسَّطًا ذ He slew such a one cut [ in the middle, or midst, ] in two halves. (TA.) [This mode of slaughter, termed تَوْسِيطٌ, was often practised under the rule of the Egyptian Sultáns; many instances thereof being mentioned by ElMakreezee and other historians. See De Sacy's Chrest. Ar., 2nd ed., vol. i. p. 468.]