furniture stop

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furniture stop - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mixture \Mix"ture\, n. [L. mixtura, fr. miscere, mixtum, to mix:
     cf. F. mixture. See Mix.]
     1. The act of mixing, or the state of being mixed; as, made
        by a mixture of ingredients. --Hooker.
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     2. That which results from mixing different ingredients
        together; a compound; as, to drink a mixture of molasses
        and water; -- also, a medley.
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              There is also a mixture of good and evil wisely
              distributed by God, to serve the ends of his
              providence.                           --Atterbury.
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     3. An ingredient entering into a mixed mass; an additional
        ingredient.
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              Cicero doubts whether it were possible for a
              community to exist that had not a prevailing mixture
              of piety in its constitution.         --Addison.
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     4. (Med.) A kind of liquid medicine made up of many
        ingredients; esp., as opposed to solution, a liquid
        preparation in which the solid ingredients are not
        completely dissolved.
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     5. (Physics & Chem.) A mass of two or more ingredients, the
        particles of which are separable, independent, and
        uncompounded with each other, no matter how thoroughly and
        finely commingled; -- contrasted with a compound and
        solution; thus, gunpowder is a mechanical mixture of
        carbon, sulphur, and niter.
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     6. (Mus.) An organ stop, comprising from two to five ranges
        of pipes, used only in combination with the foundation and
        compound stops; -- called also furniture stop. It
        consists of high harmonics, or overtones, of the ground
        tone.
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     Syn: Union; admixture; intermixture; medley.
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