Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Fix"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Fettling \Fet"tling\, n.
1. (Metal.) A mixture of ore, cinders, etc., used to line the
hearth of a puddling furnace. [Eng.] [It is commonly
called {fix} in the United States.]

2. (Pottery) The operation of shaving or smoothing the
surface of undried clay ware.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Fix \Fix\, n.
1. A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament;
dilemma. [Colloq.]

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.

2. (Iron Manuf.) fettling. [U.S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Fix \Fix\ (f[i^]ks), a. [OE., fr. L. fixus, p. p. of figere to
fix; cf. F. fixe.]
Fixed; solidified. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Fix \Fix\, v. i.
1. To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease
from wandering; to rest.

Your kindness banishes your fear, Resolved to fix
forever here. --Waller.

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.

{To fix on}, to settle the opinion or resolution about; to
determine regarding; as, the contracting parties have
fixed on certain leading points.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

An ass's nole I fixed on his head. --Shak.

O, fix thy chair of grace, that all my powers May
also fix their reverence. --Herbert.

His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. --Ps.
cxii. 7.

And fix far deeper in his head their stings.
--Milton.

2. To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as
the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker.

Sat fixed in thought the mighty Stagirite. --Pope.

One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven.
--Young.

3. To transfix; to pierce. [Obs.] --Sandys.

4. (Photog.) To render (an impression) permanent by treating
with such applications as will make it insensible to the
action of light. --Abney.

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.]

6. (Iron Manuf.) To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace)
with fettling.

Syn: To arrange; prepare; adjust; place; establish; settle;
determine.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

fix
n 1: informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a
terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" [syn:
{hole}, {jam}, {mess}, {muddle}, {pickle}, {kettle of
fish}]
2: (informal) an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug
3: the act of putting something in working order again [syn: {repair},
{fixing}, {mending}, {reparation}]
4: an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is
brought to bear; "collusion resulted in tax fixes for
gamblers"
5: a determination of the location of something; "he got a good
fix on the target" [syn: {localization}, {localisation}, {location},
{locating}]
v 1: restore by replacing a part or putting together what is
torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my
shoes please" [syn: {repair}, {mend}, {bushel}, {doctor},
{furbish up}, {restore}, {touch on}] [ant: {break}]
2: cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the
door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" [syn: {fasten}, {secure}]
[ant: {unfasten}]
3: decide upon, as of variables in math [syn: {specify}, {set},
{determine}]
4: prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner,
please"; "can you make me an omelette?" "fix breakfast for
the guests, please" [syn: {cook}, {ready}, {make}, {prepare}]
5: take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!" "That'll
fix him good!" "This time I got him" [syn: {pay back}, {pay
off}, {get}]
6: set or place definitely; "Let's fix the date for the party!"
7: kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for
microscopic study; in cytology
8: make fixed, stable or stationary; "let's fix the picture to
the frame" [syn: {fixate}]
9: make infertile; of both males and females [syn: {sterilize},
{sterilise}, {desex}, {unsex}, {desexualize}]
10: put (something somewhere) firmly; ""She posited her hand on
his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix
your eyes on this spot" [syn: {situate}, {posit}, {deposit}]


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