Mix'en, n.

(mĭks'n), n. [A-S. mixen, myzen, from mix, meoz, dung, filth; Goth. maihstus, Ger. mist, allied to A-S. migan, Icel. miga, L. Ger. migen, Lat. mingere, mejere, Gr. μύχεω, Lith. myszti, Skr. mih. Cf. MICK.] A compost heap. To pick the faded creature from the pool, And cast it on the mixen, that it die. Tennyson.