▪ I. mingling, vbl. n.
(ˈmɪŋglɪŋ)
[f. mingle v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. mingle.
| 1513 More Edw. V, Wks. 63/2 The mengling of whose bloodes together, hath bene the effusion of great parte of the noble bloode of this realme. 1626 Bacon Sylva §232 Sound is likewise Meliorated by the Mingling of open Aire with Pent Aire. 1819 T. Chalmers in Mem. (1850) II. 250 From my extensive minglings with the people, I am quite confident in affirming [etc.]. 1837 Whittock, etc. Bk. Trades (1842) 99 (Card-maker) The various sorts of paper of which a card-board is composed are then placed alternately in the manner called by the trade ‘mingling’. 1883 Athenæum 1 Dec. 695/1 There was a constant mingling of merchant princes and illustrious professors. |
▪ II. mingling, ppl. a.
(ˈmɪŋglɪŋ)
[f. mingle v. + -ing2.]
That mingles, in senses of the verb. Hence ˈminglingly adv. (Webster 1847–54).
| 1735 Somerville Chase ii. 408 The Forest seems One mingling Blaze. 1812 Byron Ch. Har. ii. xxiii, When mingling souls forget to blend, Death hath but little left him to destroy! |