Part 4343

<h1>Fix</h1> <Xpage=565>

<hw>Fix</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.</def>

<blockquote>Your kindness banishes your fear, Resolved to <b>fix</b> forever here. <i>Waller.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<cs><col>To fix on</col>, <cd>to settle the opinion or resolution about; to determine regarding; as, the contracting parties have <i>fixed on<i> certain leading points.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Fix</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament; dillema.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>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 <b>fix</b>. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Iron Manuf.)</fld> <def>fettling.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

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<hw>Fix"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being fixed.</def>

<h1>Fixation</h1> <Xpage=565>

<hw>Fix*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fixation</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of fixing, or the state of being fixed.</def>

<blockquote>An unalterable <b>fixation</b> of resolution. <i>Killingbeck.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To light, created in the first day, God gave no proper place or <b>fixation</b>. <i>Sir W. Raleigh.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Marked stiffness or absolute <b>fixation</b> of a joint. <i>Quain.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A <b>fixation</b> and confinement of thought to a few objects. <i>Watts.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of gaseous elements.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm.</def>

<i>Glanvill.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat; -- said of metals.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Fixative</h1> <Xpage=565>

<hw>Fix"a*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That which serves to set or fix colors or drawings, as a mordant.</def>

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<hw>Fixed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Securely placed or fastened; settled; established; firm; imovable; unalterable.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Stable; non-volatile.</def>