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The state of being final, finished, or complete; a final or conclusive arrangement; a settlement. Baxter.

To put in prder; 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.]

Arrangements; embellishments; trimmings; accompaniments. [Colloq. U.S.]

ine. (b) (Arch.) A horizontal section, showing the thickness of the walls and partitions, arrangement of passages, apartments, and openings at the level of any floor of a house.

in Italy. Florentine mosaic, a mosaic of hard or semiprecious stones, often so chosen and arranged that their natural colors represent leaves, flowers, and the like, inlaid in a background, usually of black or white marble.

al structure (Geol.), the structure characteristic of certain volcanic rocks in which the arrangement of the minute crystals shows the lines of flow of thew molten material before solidification; -- also called fluxion structure.

ass of fog resting upon the sea, and resembling distant land. -- Fog ring, a bank of fog arranged in a circular form, -- often seen on the coast of Newfoundland.

Leaves, collectively, as produced or arranged by nature; leafage; as, a tree or forest of beautiful foliage.

The enrichment of an opening by means of foils, arranged in trefoils, quatrefoils, etc.; also, one of the ornaments. See Tracery.

ng, as distinguished from the material of which it is composed; particular disposition or arrangement of matter, giving it individuality or distinctive character; configuration; figure; external appearance. The form of his visage was changed. Dan. iii. 19. And woven close close, both matter, form, and style. Milton.…

The arrangement of a body of troops, as in a square, column, etc. Farrow.

Arranged, as stars in a constellation; as, formed stars. [R.]

orm; an established rule; a fixed or conventional method in which anything is to be done, arranged, or said.

To shape; to arrange, as the organs of speech. [Obs.] Judg. xii. 6.

ng tongue. Tennyson. Gadding car, in quarrying, a car which carries a drilling machine so arranged as to drill a line of holes.

A combination of similar implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set; as, a gang of saws, or of plows.

mposed of an inner layer of bone, and an outer layer of shining enamel. They are often so arranged as to form a coat of mail.

A chandelier arranged to burn gas.

A chandelier arranged to burn gas.

or its skeleton. See Mortise wheel, under Mortise. -- Expansion gear (Steam Engine), the arrangement of parts for cutting off steam at a certain part of the stroke, so as to leave it to act upon the piston expansively; the cut-off. See under Expansion. -- Feed gear. See Feed motion, under Feed, n. -- Gear cutter, a…