Mongrel \Mon"grel\, n. [Prob. shortened fr. mongrel, and akin to AS. mengan to mix, and E. mingle. See Mingle.]

The progeny resulting from a cross between two breeds, as of domestic animals; anything of mixed breed. --Drayton.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Mongrel \Mon"grel\, a.

1. (Zo["o]l.) Not of a pure breed.

2. Of mixed kinds; as, mongrel language.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)