The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mixtion \Mix"tion\, n. [L. mixtio, mistio: cf. F. mixtion. See Mistion, Mix.]
Mixture. [Obs.]
A kind of cement made of mastic, amber, etc., used as a mordant for gold leaf.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context archaic English) The act or process of mixing; the state of being mixed or becoming mixed; a mixture. 2 (context obsolete English) A compound of drugs; a medicinal concoction. 3 (context obsolete English) A chemical compound. 4 (context obsolete English) In gilding, a mixture of amber, mastic, and asphalt used as a size#Noun_2 or mordant#Noun for affixing gold leaf to wood or to distemper pictures. 5 (context obsolete English) The addition of something as an ingredient; admixture; the presence of a heterogeneous element in a mixture or compound. 6 (context obsolete English) A kind of cement made of mastic, amber, etc., used as a mordant for gold leaf.
Usage examples of "mixtion".
Moses, the great lawgiver and chief philosopher, skilled in all the learning of the Egyptians, who was called the friend of God, and knew the mind of the Almighty, names this element the first in the creation: this is the element upon which the Spirit of God did first move, and is the chief ingredient in the creation: many philosophers have made it to comprehend all the other elements, and most allow it the chiefest in the mixtion of all living creatures.