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Fettling (?), 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.]
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2. (Pottery) The operation of shaving or smoothing the surface of undried clay ware.
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Fix (fĭks), a. [OE., fr. L. fixus, p. p. of figere to fix; cf. F. fixe.] Fixed; solidified. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Fix, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fixed (fĭkst); 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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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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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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