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     #67.  End. —­ N. end, close, termination; desinence[obs3], conclusion,
finis, finale, period, term, terminus, endpoint, last, omega; extreme, extremity; gable end, butt end, fag-end; tip, nib, point; tail &c. (rear) 235; verge &c. (edge) 231; tag, peroration; bonne bouche[Fr]; bottom dollar, tail end, rear guard.
     consummation, denouement; finish &c. (completion) 729; fate; doom,
doomsday; crack of doom, day of Judgment, dies irae, fall of the curtain; goal, destination; limit, determination; expiration, expiry[obs3], extinction, extermination; death &c. 360; end of all things; finality; eschatology.
     break up, commencement de la fin, last stage, turning point; coup de
grace, deathblow; knock-out, -blow; sockdolager* [obs3][U.S.]. 
     V. end, close, finish, terminate, conclude, be all over; expire; die
&c. 360; come to a close, draw to a close &c. n.; have run its course; run out, pass away, bring to an end &c. n.; put an end to, make an end of; determine; get through; achieve &c. (complete) 729; stop &c. (make to cease) 142; shut up shop; hang up one’s fiddle. 
     Adj. ending &c. v.; final, terminal, definitive; crowning &c.
(completing) 729; last, ultimate; hindermost[obs3]; rear &c. 235; caudal; vergent[obs3].
     conterminate[obs3], conterminous, conterminable[obs3].
     ended &c. v.; at an end; settled, decided, over, played out, set at
rest; conclusive, penultimate; last but one, last but two, &c. unbegun, uncommenced[obs3]; fresh. 
     Adv. finally &c. adj.; in fine; at the last; once for all. 
     Phr. “as high as Heaven and as deep as hell” [Beaumont & Fletcher];
deficit omne quod nascitur [Lat][Quintilian]; en toute chose il faut considerer la fin[Fr][obs3]; finem respice[Lat][obs3]; ultimus Romanorum[Lat].

     #68.  Middle. —­ N. middle, midst, mediety|, mean &c. 29; medium,
middle term; center &c. 222, mid-course &c. 628; mezzo termine[It]; juste milieu &c. 628[Fr]; halfway house, nave, navel, omphalos[obs3]; nucleus, nucleolus.
     equidistance[obs3], bisection, half distance; equator, diaphragm,
midriff; intermediate &c. 228. 
     Adj. middle, medial, mesial[Med], mean, mid, median, average;
middlemost, midmost; mediate; intermediate &c. (interjacent) 228[obs3]; equidistant; central &c. 222; mediterranean, equatorial; homocentric. 
     Adv. in the middle; midway, halfway; midships[obs3], amidships, in
medias res.

     #69. [Uninterrupted sequence.] Continuity. —­ N. continuity;
consecution, consecutiveness &c. adj.; succession, round, suite, progression, series, train chain; catenation, concatenation; scale; gradation, course; ceaselessness, constant flow, unbroken extent.
     procession, column; retinue, cortege, cavalcade, rank and file, line
of battle, array.
     pedigree, genealogy, lineage, race; ancestry, descent, family, house;
line, line of ancestors; strain.