well-fixedadj.

1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxv. f. 220 This acte, that..shall be so wel fixed in my minde.., vntill at my pleasure I be reuenged of this wrong.

1630 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. 159 To hold fast vnto his owne well-chosen and well-fixed resolutions.

1663 S. Pepys Diary 12 July (1971) IV. 228 I found..the armes well fixed, charged, and primed.

1718 P. Rae Hist. Late Rebellion vi. 287 Followed by 40 or 50 stately Fellows..arm'd each of 'em with a well fix'd Gun on his Shoulder.

1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 249 The complete Well-fixed necessity and end of all things.

1861 J. C. Atkinson Brit. Birds' Eggs & Nests 34 Shattered snail shells, which, when whole, had been..hammered against the well-fixed anvil until they gave way.

1920 M. Imes Hog Lice & Hog Mange 15 After the habit of using the wallow is well fixed, which usually requires 3 or 4 days, the depth may be increased.

a1998 E. T. Jaynes Probability Theory (2003) xiii. 421 The loss function is often far more ‘subjective’ (in the sense of being less well-fixed in our minds) than the prior probabilities.

1822 A. D. Murphey Let. 22 Aug. in Papers (1914) I. 263 His Brother is well fixed, has one of the best tracts of land in Tennessee, and is growing rich fast.

1869 W. T. Washburn Fair Harvard iv. 68 If a man sees a year of a house, food, clothing and coin before him, he is ‘well fixed’.

1912 N. M. Woodrow Sally Salt 228 I'm well to do, Hilda, well fixed in the world.

1952 J. Steinbeck East of Eden ix. 78 He was better than well fixed—he was rich.

1994 Equinox Aug. 40/3 The flashy, well-fixed children of the prosperous Sikh business class.

2012 Guardian (Nexis) 31 Dec. (Sport section) 12 Even middle-class families find it necessary to forgo fripperies like meals out and weekends away—and those less well-fixed do without luxuries like shoes and food.