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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mixed
adj
  1. consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds; "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"; "assorted sizes"; "miscellaneous accessories"; "a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music"; "a motley crew"; "sundry sciences commonly known as social"- I.A.Richards
    Synonym(s): assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, sundry(a)
  2. involving or composed of different races; "interracial schools"; "a mixed neighborhood"
    Synonym(s): interracial, mixed
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Larceny \Lar"ce*ny\, n.; pl. {Larcenies}. [F. larcin, OE.
      larrecin, L. latrocinium, fr. latro robber, mercenary, hired
      servant; cf. Gr. ([?]) hired servant. Cf. {Latrociny}.] (Law)
      The unlawful taking and carrying away of things personal with
      intent to deprive the right owner of the same; theft. Cf.
      {Embezzlement}.
  
      {Grand larceny} [and] {Petit larceny are} distinctions having
            reference to the nature or value of the property stolen.
            They are abolished in England.
  
      {Mixed}, [or] {Compound, larceny}, that which, under statute,
            includes in it the aggravation of a taking from a building
            or the person.
  
      {Simple larceny}, that which is not accompanied with any
            aggravating circumstances.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mix \Mix\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mixed}(less properly {Mixt}); p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Mixing}.] [AS. miscan; akin to OHG. misken, G.
      mischen, Russ. mieshate, W. mysgu, Gael. measg, L. miscere,
      mixtum, Gr. [?], [?], Skr. mi[87]ra mixed. The English word
      has been influenced by L. miscere, mixtum (cf. {Mixture}),
      and even the AS. miscan may have been borrowed fr. L.
      miscere. Cf. {Admix}, {Mash} to bruise, {Meddle}.]
      1. To cause a promiscuous interpenetration of the parts of,
            as of two or more substances with each other, or of one
            substance with others; to unite or blend into one mass or
            compound, as by stirring together; to mingle; to blend;
            as, to mix flour and salt; to mix wines.
  
                     Fair persuasions mixed with sugared words. --Shak.
  
      2. To unite with in company; to join; to associate.
  
                     Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people.
                                                                              --Hos. vii. 8.
  
      3. To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together
            of ingredients; to compound of different parts.
  
                     Hast thou no poison mixed?                  --Shak.
  
                     I have chosen an argument mixed of religious and
                     civil considerations.                        --Bacon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mixed \Mixed\, a.
      Formed by mixing; united; mingled; blended. See {Mix}, v. t.
      & i.
  
      {Mixed action} (Law), a suit combining the properties of a
            real and a personal action.
  
      {Mixed angle}, a mixtilineal angle.
  
      {Mixed fabric}, a textile fabric composed of two or more
            kinds of fiber, as a poplin.
  
      {Mixed marriage}, a marriage between persons of different
            races or religions; specifically, one between a Roman
            Catholic and a Protestant.
  
      {Mixed number}, a whole number and a fraction taken together.
           
  
      {Mixed train}, a railway train containing both passenger and
            freight cars.
  
      {Mixed voices} (Mus.), voices of both males and females
            united in the same performance.
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