1. Mixture. [Obs.]
2. A kind of cement made of mastic, amber, etc., used as a mordant for gold leaf.
MIXTLY
Mixt"ly, adv.
Defn: With mixture; in a mixed manner; mixedly. Bacon.
MIXTURE Mix"ture, n. Etym: [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.
3. An ingredient entering into a mixed mass; an additional ingredient. 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.)
Defn: 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.