fizzle (fizl)

[ as, he is in a fizzle about his luggage. [Colloq.] Whose beards this a black, that inclining to grizzle Are smoking, and curling, and all in a fizzle. Barham , In golds by Legends, II. 80. 3. A breaking wind. [Colloq.] -4. A failure or an abortive effort; in particular, in school and college slang, a failure in a recitation or an IMG:content-1408.png:[ocr errors] fixure: see fixure .) Fibrils by which many thalloid plants are attached to their sub str a of the meaning right constitutes a perfect jizzle . tum; rhizinæ. fixuret (fik'sür), n. [ fixura , a fastening, driving in, L. figere , pp. fix us , fasten, fix: see fix .] Fixed position; stable condition; firm- The best judges have decided that to get just one third Quoted in College Words , p. 202. ne . Frights, changes, horrors, Divert and crack, rend and deracinate The unity and married calm of states Quite from their fixure . Shak., T. and C., i. 3. Whose glorious fixure in so clear a sky. Drayton, Barons' Wars, i. fiz, v. and n. See fizz . fizgigl (fiz'gig), n. [Also fisgig ; fizz + gig1 or gig3 , gig being vaguely used.] 1. A frivolous, gadding girl. For when you looke for praises sound, Then are you for light fisgigs crownde. Go on, Pleasant Quippes (1596). 2. A firework, made of damp powder, which makes a hi ing or fizzing noise when ignited: in one form called by boys a volcano. If there was a struggle in Shelley's breast between the rival attractions of wisdom on the lips of an elderly philosopher and of fiery fisgigs in the hands of a pair of glee. ful boys, the struggle was quickly decided in favour of youth and frolic and fireworks. E. Dowden , Shelley, I. 306. fizgig2 (fiz'gig), n. A corrupt form of fishgig . fizz, fiz (fiz), v . i. [More common in freq. form fizzle , formerly fi le ; an imitative word, like hi , sizzle , whizz , etc., without early record, ex- cept as in the sense fizzle , v . i., 3, where cf. Icel. fisa = Dan. fise , break wind: see fisel , fist2 .] To make a hi ing or sputtering sound; fizzle. O rare! to see thee fizz and freath I' th' lugget caup! Burns , Scotch Drink. fizz, fiz (fiz), n. [ No rubbing will kindle your Lucifer match If the fiz does not follow the primitive scratch. O. W. Holmes , Verses for After-Dinner. 2. A light frothy liquid; specifically, in the United States, soda-water or other effervescent water; in England, champagne: so called from the hi ing sound it makes when uncorked. Also fizzle . Go shy with the champagne,... the vulgar sparkle of the fizz , one half of which now is doctored cider. Science, X. 289. Specifically-2. In physics, the state or property of a body in virtue of which it resists change under the action of heat or other cause.