Fix

fiks, v. t. [fixed (fikst), fixing.] To make firm, stable, or fast; to establish; to hold steadily; as the eye on an object, attention on a speaker, etc.; to implant, pierce; to adjust, set to rights; place in the manner desired or most suitable, settle, determine, put in order. — v. i. To settle or remain permanently, rest; to become firm, cease to flow or to be fluid, become hard and malleable.— n. A difficult position; predicament; dilemma. — Fix'ture, -chur, n. That which is attached to something as a permanent appendage; fixedne . (Law.) Anything acce ory annexed to houses and lands, so as to constitute a part of them. # Fizz, fiz, Fiz'zle, -zl, v. i. To make a hi ing sound; to fail of succe in an undertaking, bungle, —n. A failure, or abortive attempt.