mixen, myxen, myxene

[A. S. mixen, from mix, meox =dung, filth.] A dung-hill, a dungheap. "The sonne that shineth on the тухепе." -Chaucers Per sones Tale . mix-er, s. [Eng. mix; -er.] One who or that which mixes. IMG:content-1294.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Ord . Lang .: The act of mingling or compounding two or more ingredients into one body, ma , or compound; mixture. 2. Cloth: The uniting of wool of different colors for mixed cloth, called medleys. mixing-sieve, s. A sieve by which ingredients are intimately combined by sifting together. *mix'-ion (x a h), s. [Lat. mix us , pa. par. of misceo to mix.) A mixing; mixture. [See example under Mixable.] mix-ite, s. [Named by Schrauf after A. Mixa; suff.- ite ( Min.); Ger. mix it.] Min.: A mineral occurring as an encrustation on bismite (q. v.), sometimes spherical, with concentric, fibrous structure; also crystalline to cryptocrystalline. Crystallization, monoclinic or triclinic. Hardne , 3-4; specific gravity, 266; color, shades of emerald-green; translucent to transparent. Analysis yielded: Phosphoric and arsenic acids, 30-45; sesquioxide of bismuth, 13:07; protoxide of copper, 43-21; water, 11-07; protoxide of iron, 1'52; lime, 083-100 15. Found at Joachimsthal, Bohemia.