n. [ L. admiscere, admixtum, to admix; ad + miscere to mix. See Mix. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
. (Hort.) A fungicidal mixture composed of blue vitriol, lime, and water. The formula in common use is: blue vitriol, 6 lbs.; lime, 4 lbs.; water, 35 -- 50 gallons. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ L. commixtura. ]
In the commixture of anything that is more oily or sweet, such bodies are least apt to putrefy. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Freedom from mixture; purity. [ R. ] W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A state of being unmixed; separateness. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
In this height of impiety there wanted not an intermixture of levity and folly. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. mixtura, fr. miscere, mixtum, to mix: cf. F. mixture. See Mix. ]
There is also a mixture of good and evil wisely distributed by God, to serve the ends of his providence. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]
Cicero doubts whether it were possible for a community to exist that had not a prevailing mixture of piety in its constitution. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]