Fixity
(Fix"i*ty) n. [Cf. F. fixité.]
1. Fixedness; as, fixity of tenure; also, that which is fixed.
2. Coherence of parts. Sir I. Newton.
Fixture
(Fix"ture) n. [Cf. Fixure.]
1. 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.
2. State of being fixed; fixedness.
The firm fixture of thy foot.
Shak. 3. (Law) Anything of an accessory character annexed to houses and lands, so as to constitute a part
of them. This term is, however, quite frequently used in the peculiar sense of personal chattels annexed
to lands and tenements, but removable by the person annexing them, or his personal representatives.
In this latter sense, the same things may be fixtures under some circumstances, and not fixtures under
others. Wharton Bouvier.
This word is frequently substituted for fixure (formerly the word in common use) in new editions of old
works.
Fixure
(Fix"ure) n. [L. fixura a fastening, fr. figere to fix. See Fix, and cf. Fixture.] Fixed position; stable
condition; firmness. [Obs.] Shak.
Fizgig
(Fiz"gig`) n. A fishgig. [Obs.] Sandys.
Fizgig
(Fiz"gig`), n. [Fizz + gig whirling thing.] A firework, made of damp powder, which makes a fizzing
or hissing noise when it explodes.
Fizgig
(Fiz"gig`), n. [See Gig a flirt.] A gadding, flirting girl. Gosson.
Fizz
(Fizz) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fizzed (fizd); p. pr. & vb. n. Fizzing.] [Cf. Icel. fisa to break wind,
Dan. fise to foist, fizzle, OSw. fisa, G. fisten, feisten. Cf. Foist.] To make a hissing sound, as a
burning fuse.
Fizz
(Fizz), n. A hissing sound; as, the fizz of a fly.
Fizzle
(Fiz"zle) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fizzled (-z'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Fizzling ] [See Fizz.]
1. To make a hissing sound.
It is the easiest thing, sir, to be done,
As plain as fizzling.
B. Jonson. 2. To make a ridiculous failure in an undertaking. [Colloq. or Low]
To fizzle out, to burn with a hissing noise and then go out, like wet gunpowder; hence, to fail completely
and ridiculously; to prove a failure. [Colloq.]
Fizzle
(Fiz"zle), n. A failure or abortive effort. [Colloq.]
Fjord
(||Fjord) n. See Fiord.
Flabbergast
(Flab"ber*gast) v. t. [Cf. Flap, and Aghast.] To astonish; to strike with wonder, esp. by
extraordinary statements. [Jocular] Beaconsfield.
