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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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991 words match “FIX”

FIX a. 11 definitions

Fixed; solidified. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Capable of being fixed.

FIXATION n. 4 definitions

The act of fixing, or the state of being fixed. An unalterable fixation of resolution. Killingbeck. To light, created in the first day, God gave no proper place or fixation. Sir W. Raleigh. Marked stiffness or absolute fixation of a joint. Quain. A fixation and confinement of thought to a few objects. Watts.…

That which serves to set or fix colors or drawings, as a mordant.

FIXED a. 2 definitions

Stable; non-volatile. Fixed air (Old Chem.), carbonic acid or carbon dioxide; -- so called by Dr. Black because it can be absorbed or fixed by strong bases. See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic. -- Fixed alkali (Old Chem.), a non-volatile base, as soda, or potash, in distinction from the volatile alkali ammonia. -- Fixe…

In a fixed, stable, or constant manner.

FIXEDNESS n. 2 definitions

The state or quality of being fixed; stability; steadfastness.

Fixedness. [Obs.] Boyle.

FIXING n. 3 definitions

The act or process of making fixed.

FIXITY n. 2 definitions

Fixedness; as, fixity of tenure; also, that which is fixed.

FIXTURE n. 3 definitions

That which is fixed or attached to something as a permanent appendage; as, the fixtures of a pump; the fixtures of a farm or of a dwelling, that is, the articles which a tenant may not take away.

Fixed position; stable condition; firmness. [Obs.] Shak.

AFFIX v. 5 definitions

To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to a writing.

Affixture. [Obs.] T. Adams.

The act of affixing, or the state of being affixed; attachment.

ANTEFIX n. 3 definitions

An ornament fixed upon a frieze.

To fix; to fasten. [Obs.] Shak.

Act of fastening. [Obs.]

CRUCIFIX n. 2 definitions

presentation in art of the figure of Christ upon the cross; esp., the sculptured figure affixed to a real cross of wood, ivory, metal, or the like, used by the Roman Catholics in their devotions. The cross, too, by degrees, become the crucifix. Milman. And kissing oft her crucifix, Unto the block she drew. Warner.…

CRUCIFIXION n. 3 definitions

Intense suffering or affliction; painful trial. Do ye prove What crucifixions are in love Herrick.