fixturen.
/ˈfɪkstʃə/, U.S. /ˈfɪkstʃər/ 1.
a. The action of fixing; the process of fixing or settling, or of becoming fixed or settled. ? Obsolete.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > stability > condition of being firmly fixed > becoming or making
fixturea1616
firmation1646
firmament1650
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > condition of being fast bound or firmly fixed > [noun] > making fast or securing > in position
stickingc1405
steeking1488
fixturea1616
settlement1648
defixion1660
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. iii. 57 The firme fixture of thy foote, would giue an excellent motion to thy gate. View more context for this quotation
1791 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse §277 Employed in fixing and completing the fixture of the iron-work.
1797 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1892) XIII. 430 We must..yield to the time she requires to prepare for her fixture here.
1845 G. S. Faber Eight Diss. II. App. iii. 202 The ultimate fixture of the sacred floating island appears in the greek legend of Delos.
b. The condition of being fixed; fixedness, fixity.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > basis or foundation > [noun] > state of being based or settled
radicationa1500
rootfastness1526
rootinga1620
moring1625
rootedness1625
fixture1809
rootage1823
basement1838
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > [noun] > steadiness of gaze
fixture1850
fixity1895
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun] > stare or gaze > fixedness of look
steadfastness1567
fixture1850
fixation1889
fixity1895
1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1818) III. 235 It was the Roman instinct to appropriate by conquest and to give fixture by legislation.
1850 L. Hunt Autobiogr. II. xv. 167 They [Wordsworth's eyes] were like fires half burning, half smouldering, with a sort of acrid fixture of regard.
c. concrete. A means of fixing or setting fast.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > condition of being fast bound or firmly fixed > [noun] > means of fixing securely
anchor1410
fixture1791
security1791
retainer1820
fixator1874
1791 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse §223 Two Lewis holes upon the upper surface of each stone, those served as temporary fixtures for the work of the succeeding course.
2.
a. Anything fixed or securely fastened in position; anything made firm, stable, or immobile.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > condition of remaining in one place > that which
stander1642
fixture1812
1812 S. T. Coleridge in R. Southey Omniana II. clxxiv. 17 Features, which are looks become fixtures.
1831 T. De Quincey Dr. Parr in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 777/1 Even the most absolute fixtures (to use that term) in an English structure, must often be unsettled..in a thoroughly Latin composition.
1841 R. W. Emerson Circles in Ess. 1st Ser. (London ed.) 304 There are no fixtures in nature. The universe is fluid and volatile.
1858 G. Glenny Gardener's Every-day Bk. (new ed.) 125/1 The side cloths are in some Tulip-houses fixtures.
1878 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David V. Ps. civ. 5 The earth..remains as stable as if it were a fixture.
b. U.S. in plural. Appendages, apparatus, ‘fixings’.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > equipment for any action or undertaking
ornament?c1225
i-wendea1250
atil1297
tacklea1325
apparel1330
conreyc1330
farec1330
tirec1330
apparementc1340
apparelmentc1374
graithc1375
appurtenancec1386
geara1400
warnementa1400
stuff1406
parelling?a1440
farrements1440
stuffurec1440
skippeson1444
harnessa1450
parela1450
implements1454
reparel1466
ordinance1475
habiliments1483
ornation1483
muniments1485
outred1489
trinketc1525
garnishing1530
garniture1532
accoutrementsc1550
furniments1553
tackling1558
instrument1563
ordinara1578
appointment?1578
outreiking1584
supellectile1584
appoint1592
dighting1598
outreik1598
materialsa1600
apparate?c1600
attirail1611
coutrement1621
apparatusa1628
outrig1639
equipage1648
thing1662
equipment1717
paraphernalia1736
fixture1767
tack1777
outfit1787
fittinga1817
fixing1820
matériel1821
set-out1831
rigging1837
parapherna1876
clobber1890
the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > that which is supplied > that with which anything is equipped > equipment or accoutrements
ornament?c1225
i-wendea1250
atil1297
tacklea1325
apparel1330
conreyc1330
farec1330
tirec1330
apparementc1340
apparelmentc1374
graithc1375
appurtenancec1386
geara1400
warnementa1400
stuff1406
parelling?a1440
farrements1440
stuffurec1440
skippeson1444
harnessa1450
parela1450
implements1454
reparel1466
ordinance1475
habiliments1483
ornation1483
muniments1485
mountures1489
outred1489
accomplement?c1525
trinketc1525
garnishing1530
garniture1532
accoutrementsc1550
furniments1553
tackling1558
instrument1563
ordinara1578
appointment?1578
outreiking1584
appoint1592
dighting1598
outreik1598
apparate?c1600
accomplishment1605
attirail1611
coutrement1621
apparatusa1628
equipage1648
thing1662
equipment1717
paraphernalia1736
tack1777
outfit1787
fittinga1817
fixing1820
set-out1831
rigging1837
fixture1854
parapherna1876
clobber1890
1767 in New Jersey Archives XX. 547 Tables, chests of drawers, fixtures, &c.
1849 N. Kingsley Diary (1914) 66 Saw a man that had died, and the fixtures and mode of preparation for burial.
1854 J. R. Bartlett Personal Narr. Explor. & Incidents I. ii. 12 The blacksmiths..were employed in making many small fixtures to the wagons.
1874 E. Coues Handbk. Field & Gen. Ornithol. i. vi. 41 When travelling your fixtures must ordinarily be limited to a collecting-chest.
3. Law. In plural, ‘Things of an accessory character annexed to houses or lands, which become, immediately on annexation, part of the realty itself’ (Wharton Law Lex.).
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the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > fixtures
fixture1758
1758 T. Gray Let. 21 Feb. in Corr. (1971) II. 564 I am much puzzled about the bishop & his fixtures.
1770 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxvi. 70 Tenants, who have had warning to quit..destroy the fixtures.
1827 J. Kent Comm. Amer. Law II. xxxv. 279 Questions respecting the right to what are ordinarily called fixtures.
1882 E. Robertson in Encycl. Brit. XIV. 274/2 In respect of fixtures..the tenant may sometimes remove them.
4. A person or thing permanently confined to or established in a particular place or position.
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the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [noun] > something stable
rock1526
fixture1788
stability1833
reliablec1863
anchorman1895
1788 F. Burney Diary 6 Nov. (1842) IV. 289 Miss Goldsworthy was a fixture at her side.
1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II Notes 141 All the Franks who are fixtures, and most of the Englishmen,..&c. of passage, came over..to their opinion.
1818 W. Hazlitt Lect. Eng. Poets (1870) v. 128 His sentiments have very much the air of fixtures.
1821 G. Ticknor Life, Lett. & Jrnls. (1838) II. ix. 162 Mrs. Grant..from age and its infirmities..is a fixture.
1889 J. R. Lowell Lett. (1894) II. 376 We have..an American circus that seems a fixture.
5. Athletics and Sport, rarely Commercial. An appointment or date for a meet, race, etc.; hence, the meet, race, etc. itself. Also attributive fixture-card, fixture-list. Also transferred and figurative.
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society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun]
match1531
bonspiel1560
prize1565
main1589
traverse1599
seta1626
tournament1762
fixture1825
tourney1890
roundup1912
rodeo1927
go-around1933
start1949
society > leisure > sport > general equipment > [noun] > list or programme
card1823
racecard1836
correct card1882
fixture-card1886
scratching-board1891
fixture-list1905
title card1918
1825 Sporting Mag. 15 346 Appointments have been substantiated into fixtures.
1826 Sporting Mag. 18 111 Owthorpe—not the fixture of that name in Nottinghamshire.
1862 ‘Scrutator’ Country Gentleman II. iii. 46 Our next fixture is made already for Frampton Wood.
1869 Times 26 Feb. 10/2 Fixtures of the principal..yachting clubs.
1882 Daily News 4 Mar. Bristol Wool Fair and the opening of the Colonial sales in London. These important ‘fixtures’ had been looked forward to.
1886 Cyclists' Touring Club Gaz. May 173/1 A neat fixture card from the Dublin..Club.
1890 E. Dowson Let. 11 Feb. (1967) 136 I hope to have it complete for your criticism when you come here on Thursday. For you will come—must come... Let me have a card to-morrow to acquaint me if it is a fixture.
1905 Strand Mag. Sept. 298/1 We always take it last on our fixture-list.
1914 C. Mackenzie Sinister St. II. iii. vii. 638 A gilt mirror..stuck round with the fixture cards of the university and the college.
1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves vi. 71 ‘The fact is, Sir Roderick is being rather troublesome.’ ‘Thinks I'm not a good bet? Wants to scratch the fixture? Well, perhaps he's right.’
1946 M. C. Self Horseman's Encycl. 453 The ‘fixture card’ is sent to all members of a hunt and tells them what coverts are to be drawn on what days.
1955 Times 5 Aug. 4/5 Although their fixture list includes as many as 13 schools, they have not been beaten by another school since July, 1953.
1964 C. Willock Enormous Zoo ix. 161 The annual fixture in which one tribe comes over to steal its neighbours' cows, the return match being played for the attackers' women.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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