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Show Fi i-axm::yfm; adies difordered by change of ma ; Dunca Fi'riy. adv. [f'romfit.e 1. Properly; juftly; reafonably Even fo moft fit/ As you malignourfenators. S bake[peare's Coriolanus Where a man cannot _ft/y play his own part, i he have not a friend, he may quit the ftage. Bacon I cannot fitlier compare marriage than to a loth tha venture and may mifs; and if he dra rich return of his venture: but i lie pretty ftore of blanks for ever The whole of our duty ma Jitly by departing from eyil 2, Commodioufly ma fucceed a prize, he hath both lotteries thei prize Boyle be expreffed mof To FIX. w. a. [fixer, French; fixus, Larm. 1. To make faft, firm, or ftable Hell hear'd th' unfufferable noife, hell fa Heay'n ruining from heav'n, and would have fle Affrighted, but that fate had fx'd too dee Her dark foundations, and too faft had bound 2. 'T'o fettle Donne An animal, in order to be moveable muft b flexible; and therefore is fi#/y made of feparate an {mall folid parts, replete with proper fluids. Aréuthnot Fi'r~ess o /o [from ft. 1. Propriety ablenefs meetnefs juftnefs The queen being abfent, 'tis a needful frze/ That we adjourn this court. Shakefp. Henry VIII Wer't my _finef "To let thefe hands obey my boiling blood They're apt enough to diflocate and tea Thy flefh and bone 2. Convenience being fit commbodity Poor befeeming 'twas-a fitment fo The purpofe I then follow'd Shake/p. Gymbeline 4+ To deprive of volatility We pronounce concerning gold, that it is fxed ; 5. 'To pierce Latin Locke to transfix. A fenfe purel While from the raging {word he vainly flies Abow of fteel fhall fix his trembling thighs. Saxdys 6. To withhold from motion o Fi1x. w. 2 1. To fettle the opinion refolution If we woul to determine th be happy, we muft fix upon fom foundation that can neyer deceiveus L' Effrange He made himfelf their prey T' impofe on their belief, and Troy betray Fix'd on his aim, and obftinately ben To die undaunted, or to circumvent. Dryden's Zn Here hope began to dawn; refolv'd to try She fix'd on this her utmoft remedy Death was behind; but hard it was todie. Dyydern in moft bodies not propagated by feed, it is th colour we muft /x on To reft and are moft led by to ceafe Locke to wander Your kindnefs banifhes your fear Refolv'd to_fix for ever here Waller quickfilver will jfa-and run no more, and endure th hammer Bacon's Natural Hiftory {mall piece : as, to cutinto fitters. Skinner ¥rrz. 2 /. [Norman, from f/s, a fon, Fr. A fon. Only ufed in law and genealogy as Fitzherbert zhomas the {fon of Herbert the {fon of Thomas Frrz Fitzroy th {on of the king. It is commonly ufed o llegitimate children ¥IVE. adj. [p1r, Saxon.] Four and one; half of ten And five of them were wife, and_ffve were foolifh Matt No perfon, no incident, but muft be of ufe t carry on the main defign: all things elfe are like fi fingers to the hand when nature, which is fuperflu ous in nothing, can do her work with fve Dryden Five herds, five bleating flocks, his pattures fill'd, Dryden Qur Britith youth lofe their figure by that tim they are ffve and twenty Addifon ¥r'vevzavep Grafi. . /. Cinquefoil; fpecies of clover BAVES, 7 f 2. Want or lofs of volatility or a power to remain in the fire un is an idea that always accompanie complex idea fignified by the word gold ou Locke In the midft of ‘molten lead, when it beginneth t congeal, mak wrappe a little dent in a piece of linen and pu quickfilver in that hole dnd th FIXATION. . f. [French. 1. Stability firmnefs; fteadinefs Your fitation in matters of religion will not b more neceffary for your foul's than your kingdom' peace King Charles 2. Refidence in a certain place T light created in the firft day proper place or gxation 3. Confinement Go gave no Raleigh's Hiftory forbearance of excurfion. They are fubjet to errors from a narrownefs o foul, a fixation and confinement of thought to a fe objects © Watts 4. Want of volatility ; deftruction of volatility Upon the compound body three things are chiefl to be obferved; the colour the fragility or pliantnefs and the volatility or fixation, compared with th fimple bodies Bacon Itis more difficult to make gold of other metal Jef ponderou an lefs materiate coherence of parts Fluid or folid comprehend all the middle degree between extreme fixeduefs an coherency, and th moft rapid inteftine motion of the particles of bodies. Bentley leave to confent to innovations King Charles Fixi'prry. » /. [from fixed.] Coherenc _of parts, oppofed to volatility. A wor of Boyle Bodies mingled by the fire are differing as to th fxidity and volatility, and yet are fo combined b the firft operation of the fire, that itfelf does fcarc afterwards feparate them Boyle Fr'x1tY. z. /. [ fxit¢, French.] Coherenc of parts, oppofed to volatility And are not the fun and fixed ftars great earth vehemently hot, whofe heat is conferved by th greatnéfs of the bodies; and the mutual aion an reaction between them, and the light which the emit, and whofe parts are kept from fuming away not only by -their fixity, but alfo by the vaft weigh and denfity of the atmofpheres incumbent upo them Neavton's Opticks Fi'xTurE. a /[ [from fx. 1. Pofition The fixture of her eye hath motionin't Aswe were mock'd with art. Shakef. Winter's Tale 2, Stable preflure The firm fixture of thy foot would give an ex cellent motion to thy gait Shakefpeare 3. Firmnefs ftable ftate tha to mak Divert and crack, rend and deracinat The unity and married calm of ftate Quite from their fixture. Shak. Troilusand Creffid Fr'zcic. » /. A kind of dart or harpoo with which feamen ftrike fifh Can'ft thou with fzgigs pierce him to the quick Or in his fkull thy barbed trident ftick? Sandy's Fob FualeBy adj Latin. [jflaccidus Soft not firm; eafily fhaking or yielding t - the touch Palenefs, a weak pulfe, palpitations of the heart JSabby and black flefh, are fymptoms of weak fibres Arbuthnot Pulls out the rags contriv'd to pro Sawvift Her flabby dugs and down they drop Fra'Bive. adj. [flabilis, Latin.] Blow about by the wind; fubject to be bloDwn I.C? FLA'CCID. adj. [ flaccidus, Latin. limber Weak not ftiff; lax; not tenfe The bowing and inclining the head is found in th great flower of the fun: the caufe I take to be 13 that the part againft which the fun beateth waxetl morefaint and faccid in the ftalk, and thereby lef able to fupport the flower . Bacon The whof mufcle ar weak: ot faccid unapt to pronounce the letter 7 ar older filver of lead or quickfilver, both which are mor yonderous than filver; fo that they need rather degree of fixation than any condenfation Bacon The furgeon ought to vary the diet as he find the fibres are too fflaccid and produce fungufes, o Salt diffolved upon a fixation returns to its affecte cubes \Glanv Fraccrpity. z. /. [from flaccid.] Laxity limbernefs; want of tenfion; want iffnefs ftiffnefs i 5. Reduction from fluidity to firmnefs Fi'xepry adv [from fixed. Frights, changes; horrours Sowing the fandy gravelly Tand in Deyonthire an 2. [from ferta, Ttaliany ferzen, German. 1. Stability; firmnefs A fixednrefs in religion will not give my confcienc Fi'rTer, 7 /. [from f2. 1. The perfon or thing'that confers fitnef for any thing improver of their land; and a fitzer of it for corn Mortimer's Hyfbandyy . /. [from jixed. 4. Steadinefs; fettled opinion or refolution Locke 3. To lofe volatility, fo as to be malleable ‘Cornwal with French furze feed, they reckon a grea Burnet ufual hour Gazing at that which feems to dim thy fight! Shak Thus while the Trojan prince employs his eyes Fix'd on the walls with wonder and furptize. Dryd 2 3. Solidity Why are thine eyes fixt to the fullen earth Nor time nor plac - Did then cohere, and yet you would make both They've made themfelves, and that their #ze/s no Does unmake you Shakefpeare's Macbeth Firment. 7 /. [from fr.] Somethin adapted to -2 particular purpofe. No -ufed 3. To dire@ without variation the ftate o Omnipotency, omnifciency, and infinite goo nefs enlarge the fpirit while it fxz/y looks on them confumed or fxed feat hath none Stedfaftly Fixednefs ftated periods, his ftomach will expet victuals at th Shakefpeare's King Lear 2 Butall thefe fhining orbs his choice to dwell ! 2/4i/z One loves fixed laws, and the other arbitrar power. Temple When cuftom hath fixed his eating to certai reafon In things the fitzefs whereof is not of itfelf apparent, nor eafy to be made fufficiently manifef unto all, yet the judgment of antiquity, concurrin with that which is received, .may induce them t think it not unfit Hooker to eftablith invariably His fixed {eat To take a latitude Sun or ftars are fitlie/? view' At their brighteft; but to conclud Of longitudes, what other way have w But to mark when, and where the dark eclipfes be AZi/t of fpecies, o forts, is fixedly eftablifhed by the real and fecret con g i ftitutions of t Fr'xepwess Brighteft feraph! tel In whichof all thefe orbs hath ma Lillotfon meetly S/J.?k(fi)_e:zf( If we pretend-that -the diftinCtio His hotfe fped withfpayins, rayed with the yellows, paft cure of the frwes, and frark fpoiled wit the ftaggers in a manner fettle and eftablifhed 2. A difeafe of horfes is in his grave for, in both 1, Certainly; firmly { 1. A kind of play with a bowl . Afterlife's ffizful fever he fleeps well. Shak, Macbeth tery FL sl Pi as they harden and produce callofities Aréuthnot |