Cicero doubts whether it were possible for a community to exist
that had not a prevailing mixture of piety in its constitution.
Addison.
4. (Med.) A kind of liquid medicine made up of many ingredients; esp.,
as opposed to solution, a liquid preparation in which the solid
ingredients are not completely dissolved.
5. (Physics & Chem.) A mass of two or more ingredients, the particles
of which are separable, independent, and uncompounded with each other,
no matter how thoroughly and finely commingled; -- contrasted with a
compound; thus, gunpowder is a mechanical mixture of carbon, sulphur,
and niter.
6. (Mus.) An organ stop, comprising from two to five ranges of pipes,
used only in combination with the foundation and compound stops; --
called also furniture stop. It consists of high harmonics, or
overtones, of the ground tone.
Syn. -- Union; admixture; intermixture; medley.