From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fix \Fix\ (f[i^]ks), a. [OE., fr. L. fixus, p. p. of figere to
fix; cf. F. fixe.]
Fixed; solidified. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fix \Fix\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fixed (f[i^]kst); p. pr. & vb.
n. Fixing.] [Cf. F. fixer.]
1. To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place
permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to
implant; to secure; to make definite.
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An ass's nole I fixed on his head. --Shak.
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O, fix thy chair of grace, that all my powers
May also fix their reverence. --Herbert.
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His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. --Ps.
cxii. 7.
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And fix far deeper in his head their stings.
--Milton.
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2. To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as
the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker.
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Sat fixed in thought the mighty Stagirite. --Pope.
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One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven.
--Young.
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3. To transfix; to pierce. [Obs.] --Sandys.
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4. (Photog.) To render (an impression) permanent by treating
with a developer to make it insensible to the action of
light. --Abney.
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5. To put in order; to arrange; to dispose of; to adjust; to
set to rights; to set or place in the manner desired or
most suitable; hence, to repair; as, to fix the clothes;
to fix the furniture of a room. [Colloq. U.S.]
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6. (Iron Manuf.) To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace)
with fettling.
Syn: To arrange; prepare; adjust; place; establish; settle;
determine.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fix \Fix\, v. i.
1. To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease
from wandering; to rest.
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Your kindness banishes your fear,
Resolved to fix forever here. --Waller.
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2. To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease
to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and
malleable, as a metallic substance. --Bacon.
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To fix on, to settle the opinion or resolution about; to
determine regarding; as, the contracting parties have
fixed on certain leading points.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fix \Fix\, n.
1. A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament;
dilemma. [Colloq.]
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Is he not living, then? No. is he dead, then? No,
nor dead either. Poor Aroar can not live, and can
not die, -- so that he is in an almighty fix. --De
Quincey.
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2. (Iron Manuf.) fettling. [U.S.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fettling \Fet"tling\, n.
1. (Metal.) A mixture of ore, cinders, etc., used to line the
hearth of a puddling furnace. [Eng.]
Note: [It is commonly called fix in the United States.]
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2. (Pottery) The operation of shaving or smoothing the
surface of undried clay ware.
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