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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Mixit, p.p. and ppl. a. Also: myxit, mexit; mixed. [e.m.E. myxyd (c 1480), myx- (1530), mixed (1560), altered form of Mixt p.p. and ppl. a.: cf. also Mix v.]

Mixed: mingled, blended; adulterated; variegated. a. p.p. b. ppl. a.Also (of persons) associated with others: cf. Mixt p.p. and ppl. a. 1 b.a. (1) a1578 Pitsc. I. 291/31.
Scottis men war all allayit witht wther and thair bloode mixit(2) 1530 Lynd. Test. Pap. 146.
Bot wardlie plesour bene so variabyll, Myxit with sorrow, dreid and inconstance c1552 Id. Mon. 4231.
Now is the warld of irne myxit with clay 1556 Lauder Off. Kings 20.
Prouidyng that his justice be Gratiouslie myxit with mercye 1581 Hamilton Cath. Tr. 58.
As a pece of leauen mixit vith unleuenit deauch makis ane breid a1570-86 Arbuthnot Maitl. F. xxix. 86.
I luif … ciuilitie Mixit with gentill courtes hamlynes a1585 Montg. Maitl. Q. lxiii. 28.
Lyik diamontis with cristall perlis mixit [: fixit, annixit, prolixit](3) 1535 Stewart 9473.
Of thair wemen wyffis for till haif, So that thair blude mycht mixit be togither 1566-70 Buch. Comm. on Virgil Æn. vi. 420.
Mixit together by the arte of medicine(4) c1520-c1535 Nisbet 1 Cor. v. 9.
That ye be nocht mexit with licheourisb. c1552 Lynd. Mon. 3762.
The myxit feit with irne and clay Did signifye this letter day 1610 Edinb. Test. XLVI. 166.
Nyne boltis of luggit mixit Pareis pasmentis 1613 Conv. Burghs II. 430.
To trye that the wyne and beir be sufficient and not mixit 1682 New Mills Manuf. 15.
Itt being the interest of the manufactory to have mixed clothes as soon as possible