blendedadj.
Mingled, intermixed.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [adjective]
mingedc1275
meddleda1387
melleda1393
blenda1400
entremedly?a1425
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commixed?1440
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intermista1552
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confluentiala1711
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1621 Bp. H. King Serm. 26 A blended mixture of the qualities.
1694 E. Phillips tr. J. Milton Lett. of State 243 The confus'd and blended havock of Fire and Sword.
1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France iii, in Wks. (1808) VIII. 370 Flowing in one blended stream.
1869 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 2nd Ser. 175 The blended hymn of past, present, and future.
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Of whisky: produced using a combination of whiskies from different malt and grain distilleries. Cf. single adj. 13b, vatted adj. Additions.
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1876 Times 4 Feb. 12/2 The fallacy into which many persons fall..is in supposing that blended whisky goes into consumption when blended.
1885 N.Y.'s Great Industries (Edwards & Critten) (new ed.) 315/2 In whiskies a specialty is made of Pennsylvania productions by Mr. Solomon, who..uses them exclusively in all his blended whiskies.
1943 Sci. Monthly Dec. 502/1 The popular preference is for the blended whiskey of 90 proof, or forty-five per cent alcohol.
2005 Daily Record (Nexis) 8 Nov. 33 Premium blended Scotch whisky renowned for having the highest malt content of all the blended whiskies available today.
Draft additions December 2004
blended family n. originally U.S. a household resulting from the marriage or cohabitation of two people who already have children from previous relationships.
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1974 Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent 19 Dec. a13/1 Rearing any family to responsible adulthood is a hard job. Rearing a ‘blended’ family is even harder.
2003 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 22 Mar. 10 What's important to remember is that children have ‘stages’ even when they live with both birth parents and that you shouldn't connect or blame every difficulty on being part of a blended family.
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