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▪ I. mixing, vbl. n.|ˈmɪksɪŋ|
[-ing1.]
a. The action of the verb mix. Also with up (see mix v. 6).
1599B. Jonson Cynthia's Rev. ii. i, I cannot abide any thing that sauours the poore ouer-worne cut..I must haue variety, I: this mixing in fashion I hate it worse, then to burne juniper in my chamber. 1611Cotgr., Mistionnement, a mixing, mingling [etc.]. 1683Tryon Way to Health xix. 615 These ought to be the Chief Ends and Considerations of every man in Marriage, and not the mixing of Mannours, and joyning together of Farmes. 1813Vancouver Agric. Devon 213 The quantity of lime expended in these mixings being voluntary. 1875Knight Dict. Mech., Mixing, (Cloth.) uniting wool of different colors for mixed cloth, called medleys. 1890Spectator 6 Dec., The mixing-up of a local control with the working of the Purchase Act. 1893Athenæum 25 Nov. 731/2 This mixing..takes place in the arrangement of the stories. 1897Encycl. Sport I. 62 Mixing, a deliberate attempt to put in a few running strides when in a walking race.
b. concr. in pl. (U.S. slang.) Mixed drinks.
1861Lowell Biglow P. Ser. ii. i, Le' 's liquor; Gin'ral, you can chalk our friend for all the mixins.
c. attrib., as mixing bowl, mixing machine, mixing sieve, etc. mixing valve, a valve in which separate supplies of hot and cold water are mixed together; = mixer tap.
1875Knight Dict. Mech., Mixing-machine, Poole's machine for mixing chemicals, fertilizers, etc. Ibid., Mixing-sieve, one by which ingredients are intimately combined by sifting together. 1881Encycl. Brit. XII. 841/2 The rubber..is mechanically incorporated with about one-tenth of its weight of that substance [sc. sulphur] by means of the mixing rollers. 1887Morris Odyss. ix. 9 The wine-swain from the mixing-bowl filleth up And beareth forth, and poureth the wine in every cup. 1897F. M. Crawford Corlione xxv, Don Atanasio [the apothecary] laid down the broad mixing-knife he was using. 1898Allbutt's Syst. Med. V. 433 The mixing pipette is provided with a rubber nozzle. 1902R. Sturgis Dict. Archit. III. 977 General Morin called attention to the necessity of the ‘mixing valve’. 1951Good Housek. Home Encycl. 281/2 Mixing valves: These are used mainly for showers and baths. 1973J. Wainwright Pride of Pigs 59 A corner shower with a mixing valve that really worked.
▪ II. ˈmixing, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That mixes.
1730–46Thomson Autumn 1362 The mind,..where the mixing passions endless shift. |