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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1532-1560
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Mixting, vbl. n. Also: mixteine. [e.m.E. myxtinge (1535).] Mixing, blending. = Mixing vbl. n. — 1532 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) I. iii.
In sand to mixting of the said lyme … four chelder 1532 Ib. 113. 1560 Edinb. Old Acc. II. 96.
To the mixteine of the calk
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