mixon 
niixon, . Sec mi f fit. 
mixt (mikst), /. a. Another spoiling of mi.n <l ] . 
inixtie-maxtie, ". Sec //./'/// -HIH.I/I/. 
mixtiform (miks'ti-i'orm), ii. [< L. iiiisliix, 
mixed, + fiiniKi, form.] Of a mixed form or 
character. [Rare.] , 
Th:it *o inijt(frnt National Assembly. 
Carlyle, French Rev., I. TlL . 
miztilineal (miks-ti-lin'o-al), . [< L. mistux, 
])]>. of iniai'i n\ mix, 4- limn, line, + -al.] Con- 
taining or coiiKisting of a mixture of linos, 
ri(,'ht, curved, etc. 
mixtilinear (miks-ti-lin'e-ilr), a. Same as 
lili.rhliill-ill. 
mixtion (miks'chon), n. [Formerly mistion; < 
OF. misti<t, F. miftion = Sp. mistimi, mijction = 
Pg. mixt&o = It. mistionc, < L. iistin(>i-), mis- 
tio(n-), a mixing, mixture/ miscere, pp. mixtus, 
mistus, mix : see mix 1 .] If. Mixture; promis- 
cuous commingling. 
Others, perceiving this rule to fall short, have pieced it 
out by the mix/ion of vacuity among bodies, believing it ia 
that which makes one rarer than another. 
Sir K. Digby, Nature of Bodies. 
2. Among French artists, a mixture of amber, 
mastic, and asphaltum used as a medium or 
mordant for affixing leaf-gold to wood or dis- 
temper pictures. 
mixture (miks'tur), n. [< ME. mixture, < OF. 
niuiiirr, mtlttm,F. mixture = Sp. mintura, mix- 
turn = Pg. mistura = It. mistura, < L. mixtura, 
iitistura, a mixing, < mincere, pp. mijctus, mistus, 
mix : see mix 1 .] 1. The act of mixing, or the 
state of being mixed. 
The mixture of those things by speech which by nature 
are divided is the mother of all error. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, ill. S. 
2. That which results from mixing; a mixed 
mass, body, or assemblage; a compound or com- 
bination of different ingredients, parts, or prin- 
ciples; specifically, in phar., a preparation in 
which insoluble substances are suspended in 
watery fluids by means of gum arabic, sugar, 
the yolk of eggs, or other viscid matter. When 
the suspended substance is of an oleaginous 
nature, the mixture is properly called an emul- 
sion. U. S. Dispensatory. 
Whanne ge wole drawe the toon fro that othir, putte al 
that mixture into a strong watir maad of vitriol and of sal 
petre. Boo*- o/ Quint* Essence (ed. Kurnivall), p. 9. 
What if this mixture do not work at all? 
Shale., R. and J., iv. 3. 21. 
Society, in the modern acceptation of a miscellaneous 
mixture, which equalizes men even in their inequality, . . . 
opened that wider stage which a growing metropolis only 
could exhibit. /. D' Israeli, Amen, of Lit,, IL 361. 
3. Admixture ; something mingled or added. 
The wine of the wrath of flod, which is poured out with- 
out mixture Into the cup of his indignation. Bev. xiv. 10. 
His acts were some virtuous, some politick, some Just, 
some pious ; and yet all these not without some mixture of 
Vice. Baker, Chronicles, p. 11. 
There's no great Wit without some Mixture of Madness, 
so saith the Philosopher. Hmcett, Letters, L v. 16. 
4. In chem., a blending of several ingredients 
without chemical alteration of the substances, 
each of which still retains its own nature and 
properties: distinguished from combination, in 
which the substances unite by chemical attrac- 
tion, lose their distinct properties, and form a 
compound differing in its properties from any of 
the ingredients. 6. In organ-buildint/, a flue- 
stop having two or more pipes to each digital, 
the pipes being so tuned as to give certain sets 
of the shriller harmonics of the fundamental 
tone of the digital ; a compound stop. The stop 
is known as "of two ranks," "of three ranks," etc., accord- 
ing to the number of pipes to a digital. The harmonics 
chosen for reinforcement vary with the pitch of the fun- 
damental tone, a low tone being provided with higher 
harmonics than a high one. The points in the compass 
where changes from one set of harmonics to another take 
place are called breaks. The harmonics usually chosen are 
those t In i lie at the intervals of fifths or octaves from the 
fundamental tone, rarely at those of thirds or sevenths. 
Mixtures serve two purposes : to enrich the total effect of 
heavy combinations by reinforcing the brilliant overtones 
of the harmony, and to emphasize the upper tones of heavy 
chords by reinforcing their nearer harmonics. They are 
never properly used except in combination with founda- 
tion-stopft. Mixtui 
niture, etc. 
ures are variously named, as cornet, fur- 
6. A cloth of variegated or mottled coloring, 
usually of sober tints. 7. In printing, type- 
setting that calls for the use of three or more 
distinct faces or faces and bodies of type. 
[Eng.] 8. Same as knixis Brown mixture. 
Siv bf'/fn. Deflagrating mixtures. *cc de fairrate. 
French mixture. See?YicA. Griffith's 'mixture, 
a mixture containing iron carbonate : the mistura fern 
compnsita of the TuiU'il statr^ t'harmacopa'ia. Heather 
mixture, same as heather*. - Isomorphous mixture. 
See isomorjthousyroup, under iwmuirphom. Mechanical 
mixture. HIT elmiiirnl rmliinntinii, under chemical. 
Mixture of colors. Si-eo^.r. Oxford mlxture,wo.,lcn 
cloth of a very dark Kray color. Also called Oxford gray, 
rn::,/ili. an,| lliunder-anj-lightning. frtnot'* 
mixture, a dark k in. I of snutf scented withatUr of rotes. 
Rule of mixtures. S:,nicua#H7atton,2.8yn.i..l'u*urr, 
MuceUaiiy, Medley, AVirrayo, Hotchpotch, JumbU; variety, 
diversity. Mixture i a general term denoting acompoiiml 
of two or moreingredients, more often, but not necessarily, 
congruous. Hittellany Is a collection of things not closely 
connected, but brought together by rational design : " A 
mttcellany has the diversity without the Incongruity of a 
medley." (C. J. Smith, Syn. Disc., p. 564.) Specifically, a 
miscellany is a collection of independent literary pieces, 
the unity lying only In their general character. A medley 
is a mixture or collection of things distinctly Incongruous : 
the word has the specific sense of a song or tune made up 
of scrape of other songs or tunes Ingeniously and amus- 
ingly fitted together. Farrago emphasize* the confusion 
or Indfscrfnilnateness of the mixture or collection : It u) 
applied chiefly to printed or spoken discourse. Hotch- 
potch is a still more energetic expression of the confusion 
of the collection, the idea being drawn from the boiling 
together of shreds of all sorts of food. Jumble implies the 
idea of a heap turned over and over till everything is hope- 
lessly mixed. The figurative uses correspond essentially to 
the literal. 
Pure from passion's mixture rude. 
Ever to base earth allied. Loicett, Comm. Ode. 
The world lies no longer a dull muwellany and lumber- 
room, but has form and order. Emerson, Misc., p. 94. 
The sun was in the west when we left Jellalabad with 
itsstraiiL'c medley of associations, and strolled back through 
the gardens to the camp. 
.1 fi-h. Forbes, Souvenirs of some Continents, p. 202. 
I've heard, I confess, with no little surprise 
English history call'd a farrago of lies. 
Durham, Ingoldsby Legends, II. 338. 
A mash'd heap, a hotchpotch of the slain. 
Dryden, tr. of Juvenal's Satires, ill. 416. 
The Alhambra Is a jumble of buildings, with irregular 
tiled roofs, and absolutely plain, rough, uncolored walls on 
the exterior. C. D. Warner, Roundabout Journey, p. 247. 
mixture-Stop (miks'tur -stop), . See mix- 
ture, 5. 
mixt us, H. See mistus. 
mixty-maxty (miks'ti-maks'ti), a. [A yar. re- 
duplication of mixt.] Promiscuously mingled. 
Also mixtie-maxtie. [Scotch.] 
Yon mixtie-maxtie, queer hotch-potch, 
The Coalition. 
Burns, Prayer to the Scotch Representatives. 
mizen, n. See mizzen. 
mizmaze (miz'maz), n. [A varied reduplication 
of ware 1 .] 1. A confused maze ; a labyrinth. 
The clue to lead them through the muz-maze of variety 
of opinions and authors to truth. 
Locke, Conduct of the Understanding, i 20. 
Unless he had repeated that verbal miztnaze of the con- 
vention. The American, VIII. 808. 
2. Confusion; bewilderment. 
I was all of a miznuueI was all in bewilderment. 
Parish's Sussex Glossary. (Dames.) 
mizzen (miz'n), n. [Also mizen; early mod. E. 
mizen, misen, misson, mijsson, meisseine, meson; 
< F. misaine = Sp. mesana = Pg. mezena, < It. 
mezzana, mizzeu-sail, lit. 'middle' (sc. vela, 
sail), fern, of me::ano, middle, L. medianus, mid- 
dle: see ie<fial, and cf. mezzanine, etc.] Jfaut., 
the aftermost fore-and-aft sail in a ship, set 
abaft the mizzenmast, and having its head ex- 
tended by a gaff ; a spanker. See spanker. 
They hoist their (miles, both top and top, 
The meisseine and all was tride-a. 
John Dory (Chad's Ballads, VIII. 196). 
The mizen is a large sail of an oblong figure extended 
upon the mizeu-mast. Falconer, Shipwreck, ii., note 6. 
To bagpipe the mizzen. See batfjnpe. 
mizzenmast (miz'n-mast or -mast), n. The 
mast that supports the mizzen ; the aftermost 
mast of a three-masted vessel, 
mizzen-rigging (miz'n-rig'ing), n. The rigging 
connected with the mizzenmast ; the shrouds of 
the mizzenmast. 
mizzen-sail (miz'n-sal or -si), H. [Formerly also 
misen-sail, mexon-sayle, etc.; < mizzen + sail.] 
Same as mizzen. 
There came many small botes with m.von taylet to goe 
for Chio. llakluyt't Voyages, II. 100. 
mizzle 1 (miz'l), v. i.: pret. and pp. mizzled, ppr. 
mizzling. [Formerly also misle, misel, mistle; < 
ME. miselen, mixi/lfn, "mislelen, freq. of niixttn, 
mist: see mist 1 , '.] To rain in very fine drops; 
drizzle. 
As mwKnff drops hard flints in time doth pearse. 
Q. Whetstone, A Remembrance of Gascoigne. 
Now gynnes to mizzle, hye we homeward fast 
Spenser, Shep. Cal., November. 
Another minding, drizzling day! 
Barham, Ingoldsby Legends, II. 397. 
mizzle 1 (miz'l). . \< mi:~ It- 1 , .] Fine rain. 
mizzle- (mix']), r. : pret. and pp. mizzled, ppr. 
niizzlini/. [Formerly also mizzrl: origin ob- 
scure.] I. intrans. 1. To succumb; yield; 
Mniotilta 
hence, sometime*, to become tijicy. /lulliinll. 
2. To disuppeiir suddenly; decamp; runoff. 
[Slang.] 
Cut your stick, sir - come, miate! be off with you ! go! 
Barham, Ingoldiby Legends, II. 1W. 
See here, Paul ; if you keep him on here long he won't 
stand It hell mizzle out. 
C. F. Woolton, Jupiter Lights, xiv 
II. trim*. To overcome ; contuse ; entangle 
mentally. 
Then their bodies being satisfied, and their heade* pret- 
tily mizzcled with wine, they walke abroad for a time, or 
el conferre with their familiars. 
Stuubet, Anatorole of Abase* (15MX p. 67. 
mizzled (mi/'ld), a. [A dial. var. of mfaslcrl.] 
Spotted; having different colors. [Scotch.] 
mizzling (mix/ling), n. [Formerly also minimi/; 
early mod. E. miseling (myselyng); verbal n. of 
mizzle 1 , t.] A thick mist or fine rain ; a mist. 
My doctrine droppe u doeth y> rayne, and my speach 
flow as doeth the dew, and u the mytdyng vpon the 
herbes, and u the droppes vpon the graue. 
BMe ofl&tl, Dent xxxll. 2. 
mizzly (miz'li), a. [Formerly also misly; < utiz- 
zle 1 + -y 1 .] Misty; drizzly. 
The thick driving flakes throw a brownish miidy shade 
over all things. S. Judd, Margaret, I. 17. 
mizzy (miz'i), .; pi. mizzies (-iz). [A var. of 
meese, or of the related mos* 2 : see mow* 2 .] A 
bog or quagmire. Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
M. L. An abbreviation of Middle Latin or Medi- 
eral Latin. 
MM. An abbreviation (in French) of Messieurs 
(gentlemen, sirs). 
mm. An abbreviation of millimeter. 
M. M. An abbreviation of MaelzePs metronome. 
See metronome. 
Mme. A contraction of Madame. 
Mn. In chem., the symbol for manijanese. 
mnemonic (ne-mon'ik), a. and n. [= F. mne- 
monique = Sp. mnemonico = Pg. It. mnemonico, 
< NL. mnemonicus, < Gr. uvriuovmo^, belonging to 
memory, < fivr/iiuv (pvrjuav-). mindful, < ftvaaOai, 
remember: see mind 1 .] I. n. Pertaining to 
memory; especially, assisting or intended to 
assist the memory: as, mnemonic words; mne- 
monic lines. 
II. a. Same as mnemonics. 
Mere processes and a sterile mnemonic. 
Fitch, Lectures on Teaching, p. 24. 
mnemonical (ne-mon'i-kal), a. [< mnemonic + 
-al.] Same as m netn on ic. Boyle, Works, VI. 326. 
mnemonician (ne-mo-nish'an), . [< mnemonic 
+ -inw.J One who' is skilled in mnemonics; 
specifically, a teacher or professor of mnemon- 
ics. 
mnemonics (ne-mon'iks), . [Cf. F. mnemo- 
n i /I a i = Sp. Pg. It. mnemonica, f.; < Gr. 
s, pi. 
mnemonics, pi. of /ivtifiovmov (sc. Ttxyri/ta), mne- 
monics, neut. of ftvi/fiovtKOf , mnemonic: see mne- 
monic.] The art of improving or developing 
memory; a system of precepts and rules in- 
tended to assist or improve the memory. Also 
mnemonic. 
mnemonist (ne'mo-nist), . [< mnemonic) + 
-int.] One versed in the science of mnemonics ; 
one who practises the art of memory. 
Various other modifications of the systems of Feinalgle 
and Ainic Paris were advocated by subsequent miinnonuti. 
Encyc. Brit., XVI. 633. 
Mnemosyne (ue-mos'i-ne), n. [L., < Gr. tnii/- 
fioaivn, the mother of the Muses, a personifi- 
cation of fivriiioai'VJi, memory, < uvt/uuv, remem- 
bering (see mnemonic), + -oivr/, a suffix of ab- 
stract nouns.] 1. In '';'. myth., the goddess of 
memory, daughter of Uranus (heaven) and Ge 
(earth), and mother, by Zeus, of the Muses. 
2. [NL.] In entom., a genus of hemipterous 
insects of the family Ftilgoridtt, separated from 
Flula by Stal in 1866 for the South American 
.)/. jilaniceps. 
mnemotechnic (ne-mo-tek'nik), a. [< Gr. uvif 
/ai, memorv, + rf^v?,'art.] Mnemonic. 
mnemotecnnics (ne-mo-tek'niks), n. [PI. of 
mnemotechnic: see -ics.] A system of aids to 
memory; mnemonics. 
On what principle of mnemi>technicg the ideas were con- 
nected with the knoti and colon, we are totally In the dark. 
D. O. Brinlon, Myths of the New World, I. 
mnemotechny (ne'mo-tek-ni), M. [= F. mne- 
motechnit, < Gr. uvf/fir/, memory, + TCXVII, art.] 
Same as mnemotechnics. 
Mniotilta (nj-o-til'tfi), n. [NL., iipjiar. < Ur. 
ftviov, moss, + n).T6f, verbal adj. of ri/j.eiv, pull or 
pull out, as hair.] A genus of American creep- 
ing warblers of the family tiylricolida- or Mnio- 
tiltiila;, founded by Vieillot in 1816. There Isonly 
