Definition for FIX'TURE

FIX'TURE, n.

  1. Position. Shak.
  2. Fixedness; firm pressure; as, the fixture of the foot. Shak.
  3. Firmness; stable state.
  4. That which is fixed to a building; any appendage or part of the furniture of a house which is fixed to it, as by nails, screws, &c., and which the tenant cannot legally take away, when he removes to another house.

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