Emily Dickinson Lexicon

COM-MIX'TURE, n.

1. The act of mixing; the state of being mingled; the blending of ingredients in one mass or compound. – Bacon.
2. The mass formed by mingling different things; composition; compound. – Bacon. Shak. Wotton.
3. In Scots law, a method of acquiring property, by blending different substances belonging to different proprietors. – Encyc.