admixtion

plural admixtions

1. archaiccountableuncountableA mingling of different things; a mixture.

   All metals may be calcined by strong waters, or by admixtion of salt, sulphur, and mercury.

   1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC

   3 more examples

   truly for the Engliſheman to bee offended with the admixtion of Latine, or the Latine manne to miſlike the poutheryng of Greke, appereth vnto me a moche like thing, as if at a feaſt with varietee of good meates and drinkes furniſhed, one that loueth to feede of a Capon, ſhould take diſpleaſure that an other man hath appetite to a Coney, […]

   1564 February, Nicolas Udall [i.e., Nicholas Udall], “Nicolas Vdall vnto the Gentle and Honeste Harted Readers Well to Fare”, in Erasmus, translated by Nicolas Udall, Apophthegmes, that is to Saie, Prompte, Quicke, Wittie and Sentẽcious Saiynges, […], London: […] Ihon Kingston, →OCLC

   The elements are no where pure in these lower regions; and if there is any free from the admixtion of another, sure it is above the concave of the moon.

   1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica

   There is no way to make a strong and vigorous powder of saltpetre, without the admixtion of sulphur.

   1646, Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errors