Fixable Fix"a·ble (-ȧ*b'l)
adjective Capable of being fixed.
Fixation Fix·a"tion (fĭks*ā"shŭn)
noun [ Confer French
fixation .]
1. 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. 2. The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of gaseous elements. 3. The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm. Glanvill. 4. A state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat; -- said of metals. Bacon.
Fixative Fix"a·tive noun That which serves to set or fix colors or drawings, as a mordant.
Fixed Fixed (fĭkst)
adjective 1. Securely placed or fastened; settled; established; firm; imovable; unalterable. 2. (Chemistry) 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. --
Fixed ammunition (Mil.) ,
a projectile and powder inclosed together in a case ready for loading. --
Fixed battery (Mil.) ,
a battery which contains heavy guns and mortars intended to remain stationary; -- distinguished from movable battery. --
Fixed bodies ,
those which can not be volatilized or separated by a common menstruum, without great difficulty, as gold, platinum, lime, etc. --
Fixed capital .
See the Note under Capital , noun , 4. --
Fixed fact ,
a well established fact. [ Colloq.] --
Fixed light ,
one which emits constant beams; -- distinguished from a flashing, revolving, or intermittent light. --
Fixed oils (Chemistry) ,
non-volatile, oily substances, as stearine and olein, which leave a permanent greasy stain, and which can not be distilled unchanged; -- distinguished from volatile or essential oils . --
Fixed pivot (Mil.) ,
the fixed point about which any line of troops wheels. --
Fixed stars (Astron.) ,
such stars as always retain nearly the same apparent position and distance with respect to each other, thus distinguished from planets and comets.
Fixedly Fix"ed·ly (fĭks"ĕd*lȳ)
adverb In a fixed, stable, or constant manner.
Fixedness Fix"ed·ness noun 1. The state or quality of being fixed; stability; steadfastness. 2. The quality of a body which resists evaporation or volatilization by heat; solidity; cohesion of parts; as, the fixedness of gold.
Fixidity Fix·id"i·ty (fĭks*ĭd"ĭ*tȳ)
noun Fixedness. [ Obsolete]
Boyle.
Fixing Fix"ing (fĭks"ĭng)
noun 1. The act or process of making fixed. 2. That which is fixed; a fixture. 3. plural Arrangements; embellishments; trimmings; accompaniments. [ Colloq. U.S.]
Fixity Fix"i·ty (-ĭ*tȳ)
noun [ Confer French
fixité .]
1. Fixedness; as, fixity of tenure; also, that which is fixed. 2. Coherence of parts. Sir I. Newton.
Fixture Fix"ture (fĭks"tur; 135)
noun [ Confer
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 (Law Dict.). Bouvier. » This word is frequently substituted for
fixure (formerly the word in common use) in new editions of old works.
Fixure Fix"ure (-ur)
noun [ Latin
fixura a fastening, from
figere to fix. See
Fix , and confer
Fixture .]
Fixed position; stable condition; firmness. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Fizgig Fiz"gig` (fĭz"gĭg)
noun A fishgig. [ Obsolete]
Sandys.
Fizgig Fiz"gig` noun [
Fizz +
gig whirling thing.]
A firework, made of damp powder, which makes a fizzing or hissing noise when it explodes.
Fizgig Fiz"gig` noun [ See
Gig a flirt.]
A gadding, flirting girl. Gosson.
Fizz Fizz (fĭz)
intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Fizzed (fĭzd);
present participle & verbal noun Fizzing .] [ Confer Icelandic
fīsa to break wind, Danish
fise to foist, fizzle, OSw.
fisa , German
fisten ,
feisten . Confer
Foist .]
To make a hissing sound, as a burning fuse.
Fizz Fizz noun A hissing sound; as, the fizz of a fly.
Fizzle Fiz"zle (fĭz"z'l)
intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Fizzled (-z'ld);
present participle & verbal noun Fizzling (-zlĭng).] [ 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 noun A failure or abortive effort. [ Colloq.]
Fjord Fjord (fyôrd)
noun See Fiord .
Flabbergast Flab"ber·gast transitive verb [ Confer
Flap , and
Aghast .]
To astonish; to strike with wonder, esp. by extraordinary statements. [ Jocular]
Beaconsfield.
Flabbergastation Flab`ber·gas·ta"tion noun The state of being flabbergasted. [ Jocular]
London Punch.
Flabbily Flab"bi·ly adverb In a flabby manner.
Flabbiness Flab"bi·ness noun Quality or state of being flabby.
Flabby Flab"by adjective [ See
Flap .]
Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; wanting firmness; flaccid; as, flabby flesh.
Flabel Fla"bel noun [ Latin
flabellum a fan, dim. of
flabrum a breeze, from
flare to blow.]
A fan. [ Obsolete]
Huloet.
Flabellate Fla·bel"late adjective [ Latin
flabellatus , past participle of
flabellare to fan, from
flabellum . See
Flabbel .]
(Botany) Flabelliform.
Flabellation Flab`el·la"tion noun The act of keeping fractured limbs cool by the use of a fan or some other contrivance. Dunglison.
Flabelliform Fla·bel"li·form adjective [ Latin
flabellum a fan +
-form : confer French
flabeliforme .]
Having the form of a fan; fan-shaped; flabellate.
Flabellinerved Fla·bel"li·nerved` adjective [ Latin
flabellum a fan + English
nerve .]
(Botany) Having many nerves diverging radiately from the base; -- said of a leaf.
Flabellum Fla·bel"lum noun [ Latin
See Flabel .]
(Eccl.) A fan; especially, the fan carried before the pope on state occasions, made in ostrich and peacock feathers. Shipley.
Flabile Flab"ile adjective [ Latin
flabilis .]
Liable to be blown about. Bailey.
Flaccid Flac"cid adjective [ Latin
flaccidus , from
flaccus flabby: confer Old French
flaccide .]
Yielding to pressure for want of firmness and stiffness; soft and weak; limber; lax; drooping; flabby; as, a flaccid muscle; flaccid flesh. Religious profession . . . has become flacced .
I. Taylor. --
Flac"cid*ly adverb --
Flac"cid*ness ,
noun
Flaccidity Flac·cid"i·ty noun [ Confer French
flaccidité .]
The state of being flaccid.
Flacherie Flache`rie" (flȧsh`rē")
noun [ French]
A bacterial disease of silkworms, supposed to be due to eating contaminated mulberry leaves.
Flacker Flack"er intransitive verb [ Middle English
flakeren , from
flacken to move quickly to and fro; confer icel.
flakka to rove about, Anglo-Saxon
flacor fluttering, flying, German
flackern to flare, flicker.]
To flutter, as a bird. [ Prov. Eng.]
Grose.
Flacket Flack"et noun [ Old French
flasquet little flask, dim. of
flasque a flask.]
A barrel-shaped bottle; a flagon.
Flacon Fla"con (flȧ"kôn)
noun [ French See
Flagon .]
A small glass bottle; as, a flacon for perfume. "Two glass
flacons for the ink."
Longfellow.
Flag Flag (flăg)
intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Flagged ;
present participle & verbal noun Flagging .] [ Confer Icelandic
flaka to droop, hang loosely. Confer
Flacker ,
Flag an ensign.]
1. To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp. As loose it [ the sail] flagged around the mast.
T. Moore. 2. To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish; as, the spirits flag ; the streugth flags . The pleasures of the town begin to flag .
Swift. Syn. -- To droop; decline; fail; languish; pine.
Flag Flag (flăg)
transitive verb 1. To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness; as, to flag the wings. prior. 2. To enervate; to exhaust the vigor or elasticity of. Nothing so flags the spirits.
Echard.
Flag Flag noun [ Confer LG. & German
flagge , Swedish
flagg , Danish
flag , Dutch
vlag . See
Flag to hang loose.]
1. That which flags or hangs down loosely. 2. A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to indicate nationality, party, etc., or to give or ask information; -- commonly attached to a staff to be waved by the wind; a standard; a banner; an ensign; the colors; as, the national flag ; a military or a naval flag . 3. (Zoology) (a) A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc. (b) A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks. (c) The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter. Black flag .
See under Black . --
Flag captain ,
Flag leutenant ,
etc., special officers attached to the flagship, as aids to the flag officer. --
Flag officer ,
the commander of a fleet or squadron; an admiral, or commodore. --
Flag of truse ,
a white flag carried or displayed to an enemy, as an invitation to conference, or for the purpose of making some communication not hostile. --
Flag share ,
the flag officer's share of prize money. --
Flag station (Railroad) ,
a station at which trains do not stop unless signaled to do so, by a flag hung out or waved. --
National flag ,
a flag of a particular country, on which some national emblem or device, is emblazoned. --
Red flag ,
a flag of a red color, displayed as a signal of danger or token of defiance; the emblem of anarchists. --
To dip, the flag ,
to mlower it and quickly restore it to its place; -- done as a mark of respect. --
To hang out the white flag ,
to ask truce or quarter, or, in some cases, to manifest a friendly design by exhibiting a white flag. --
To hang the flag half-mast high or half- staff ,
to raise it only half way to the mast or staff, as a token or sign of mourning. --
To strike, or lower ,
the flag ,
to haul it down, in token of respect, submission, or, in an engagement, of surrender. --
Yellow flag ,
the quarantine flag of all nations; also carried at a vessel's fore, to denote that an infectious disease is on board.
Flag Flag transitive verb [ From
Flag an ensign.]
1. To signal to with a flag; as, to flag a train. 2. To convey, as a message, by means of flag signals; as, to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance.
Flag Flag noun [ From
Flag to hang loose, to bend down.]
(Botany) An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to either of the genera Iris and Acorus . Cooper's flag ,
the cat-tail ( Typha latifolia ), the long leaves of which are placed between the staves of barrels to make the latter water-tight. --
Corn flag .
See under 2d Corn . --
Flag broom ,
a coarse of broom, originally made of flags or rushes. --
Flag root ,
the root of the sweet flag. --
Sweet flag .
See Calamus , noun , 2.
Flag Flag transitive verb To furnish or deck out with flags.
Flag Flag noun [ Icelandic
flaga , confer Icelandic
flag spot where a turf has been cut out, and English
flake layer, scale. Confer
Floe .]
1. A flat stone used for paving. Woodward. 2. (Geol.) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.
Flag Flag transitive verb To lay with flags of flat stones. The sides and floor are all flagged with . . . marble.
Sandys.
Flag Flag noun (Zoology) One of the wing feathers next the body of a bird; -- called also flag feather .
Flag Flag transitive verb To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, or the like to arouse the animal's curiosity. The antelope are getting continually shyer and more difficult to flag .
T. Roosevelt.
Flagellant Flag"el·lant noun [ Latin
flagellans , past participle of
flagellare : confer French
flagellant . See
Flagellate .]
(Eccl. Hist.) One of a fanatical sect which flourished in Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries, and maintained that flagellation was of equal virtue with baptism and the sacrament; -- called also disciplinant .
Flagellata Flag`el·la"ta noun plural [ New Latin , from Latin
flagellatus ,
p. p .
See Flagellate ,
transitive verb ]
(Zoology) An order of Infusoria, having one or two long, whiplike cilia, at the anterior end. It includes monads. See Infusoria , and Monad .
Flagellate Flag"el·late transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Flagellated ;
present participle & verbal noun Flagellating .] [ Latin
flagellatus , past participle of
flagellare to scoure, from
flagellum whip, dim. of
flagrum whip, scoure; confer
fligere to strike. Confer
Flall .]
To whip; to scourge; to flog.
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