† fixesn.
Obsolete.
With plural agreement. (See quot.) The discrepancy of the explanations in the two quots. is probably due to some error.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials used in metallurgical processes > [noun] > other metallurgical materials
fixes1594
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1594 H. Plat Jewell House 79 Aquafortis, whose faeces (fixes the Goldsmiths vnproperly tearme them) haue beene first stricken down with some fine siluer.
1819 A. Rees Cycl. XIV Fixes is a name given by the workmen in gold and silver to a solution in [? read of] silver, from its use in carrying down and fixing the heterogeneous acids mingled with aqua-fortis.
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