Mixing
['mɪksɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mix
Editor: Whitney
Examples
- She had left her room: was able to go out; and mixing once more with the family, carried joy into the hearts of all. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- At one time she was Tatty, and at one time she was Coram, until we got into a way of mixing the two names together, and now she is always Tattycoram. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The barriers between Africa, Asia, and Europe were lowered or bridged by that time, but mixing had not gone far. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Boghead coal is now commonly used for mixing its gas with that of inferior quality, to bring up the illuminating power to the required standard. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Experiment with this, however, resulted in failure, and then we tried mixing in with the platinum about ten per cent. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- No; she ran off while you were all mixing the punch down stairs. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The second bath is prepared by mixing 2-1/2 parts of corrosive sublimate with 100 parts of water. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- He also proposed to use vulcanised rubber, thus utilising the then very recent discovery of Goodyear of mixing sulphur with soft rubber, and to apply the same to the canvas lining. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Never mixing with any natural ties, never coming here to see how Miss Havisham is! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Last night on the retreat we had heard that there had been many Germans in Italian uniforms mixing with the retreat in the north. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The ingredients can be dried by placing them in an oven for a short time before mixing. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The trouble with our public laundries is that many of them are careless about this very fact, and do not take time to dissolve the powder before mixing it with the clothes. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The gum from the grinding mills is taken to the mixing mills, where, between the large rolls, the various materials are compounded into a homogeneous mass. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The compounded rubber goes from the mixing mills to refining mills, to be prepared for the calenders. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This can be done by mixing a little soda in the flour, because the heat of the oven causes the soda to give off bubbles of gas, and these in expanding make the heavy mass slightly porous. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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