2. To associate; to mingle.

He had mixed Again in fancied safety with his kind.

Byron.

Mix"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being mixed.

Mixed (?), a. Formed by mixing; united; mingled; blended. See Mix, v.

t. & i.

Mixed action (Law), a suit combining the properties of a real and a

personal action. -- Mixed angle, a mixtilineal angle. -- Mixed fabric,

a textile fabric composed of two or more kinds of fiber, as a poplin.

-- Mixed marriage, a marriage between persons of different races or

religions; specifically, one between a Roman Catholic and a Protestant.

-- Mixed number, a whole number and a fraction taken together. -- Mixed

train, a railway train containing both passenger and freight cars. --

Mixed voices (Mus.), voices of both males and females united in the

same performance.

Mix"ed*ly (?), adv. In a mixed or mingled manner.

Mix"en (?), n. [AS. mixen, myxen, fr. meohx, meox, dung, filth; akin to

E. mist. See Mist.] A compost heap; a dunghill. Chaucer. Tennyson.

Mix"er (?), n. One who, or that which, mixes.

Mix*og"a*mous (?), a. [Gr. &?; a mixing + &?; marriage.] (Zoöl.)

Pairing with several males; -- said of certain fishes of which several

males accompany each female during spawning.

Mix`o*lyd"i*an mode` (?). [Gr. &?; a mixing + E. Lydian.] (Mus.) The

seventh ecclesiastical mode, whose scale commences on G.

{ Mix`ti*lin"e*al (?), Mix`ti*lin"e*ar (?), } a. [L. mixtus mixed (p.

p. of miscere to mix) + E. lineal, linear.] Containing, or consisting

of, lines of different kinds, as straight, curved, and the like; as, a

mixtilinear angle, that is, an angle contained by a straight line and a

curve. [R.]

Mix"tion (?), n. [L. mixtio, mistio: cf. F. mixtion. See Mistion, Mix.]

1. Mixture. [Obs.]

2. A kind of cement made of mastic, amber, etc., used as a mordant for

gold leaf.

Mixt"ly (?), adv. With mixture; in a mixed manner; mixedly. Bacon.

Mix"ture (?), n. [L. mixtura, fr. miscere, mixtum, to mix: cf. F.

mixture. See Mix.] 1. The act of mixing, or the state of being mixed;

as, made by a mixture of ingredients. Hooker.

2. That which results from mixing different ingredients together; a

compound; as, to drink a mixture of molasses and water; -- also, a

medley.

There is also a mixture of good and evil wisely distributed by God,

to serve the ends of his providence.

Atterbury.

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