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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Mixtit, -ed, p.p. and ppl. a. [Mixt v.: cf. Mixt p.p. and ppl. a. and Mixit p.p. and ppl. a.] Mixed, mingled; consisting of various elements, diverse. —1650 Relations Historicall and Politick upon Parliament 1640 Pref.
Those common-wealths are most stable … where the state is so mixted that every man … hath some interest therein to content him 1675 Forbes Baron Ct. 300.
Thair sall neither be dust or stones … mixtit among the fearm in tyin of greinding thairof
