Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
FIXINGS
fixings, trimmings
(noun) the accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity); “an elaborate formal dinner with all the fixings”; “he bought a Christmas tree and trimmings to decorate it”
ingredient, fixings
(noun) food that is a component of a mixture in cooking; “the recipe lists all the fixings for a salad”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
fixings
plural of fixing
Noun
fixings pl (plural only)
The necessary ingredients or components (for something, especially food or a social event).
Side dishes or other appropriate accompaniments such as condiments; trimmings.
Source: Wiktionary
FIXING
Fix"ing, n.
1. The act or process of making fixed.
2. That which is fixed; a fixture.
3. pl.
Definition: Arrangements; embellishments; trimmings; accompaniments. [Colloq. U.S.]
FIX
Fix, a. Etym: [OE., fr. L. fixus, p.p. of figere to fix; cf. F. fixe.]
Definition: Fixed; solidified. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Fix, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fixed; p. pr. & vb. n. Fixing.] Etym: [Cf. F. fixer.]
1. To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to implant; to secure; to make efinite. An ass's nole I fixed on his head. Shak. O, fix thy chair of grace, that all my powers May also fix their reverence. Herbert. His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. Ps. cxii. 7. And fix far deeper in his head their stings. Milton.
2. To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker. Sat fixed in thought the mighty Stagirite. Pope. One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven. Young.
3. To transfix; to pierce. [Obs.] Sandys.
4. (Photog.)
Definition: To render (an impression) permanent by treating with such applications a will make it insensible to the action of light. Abney.
5. To put in prder; to arrange; to dispose of; to adjust; to set to rights; to set or place in the manner desired or most suitable; hence, to repair; as, to fix the clothes; to fix the furniture of a room. [Colloq. U.S.]
6. (Iron Manuf.)
Definition: To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace) with fettling.
Syn.
– To arrange; prepare; adjust; place; establis; settle; determine.
Fix, v. i.
1. To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest. Your kindness banishes your fear, Resolved to fix forever here. Waller.
2. To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance. Bacon. To fix on, to settle the opinion or resolution about; to determine regarding; as, the contracting parties have fixed on certain leading points.
Fix, n.
1. A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament; dillema. [Colloq.] Is he not living, then No. is he dead, then No, nor dead either. Poor Aroar can not live, and can not die, -- so that he is in an almighty fix. De Quincey.
2. (Iron Manuf.)
Definition: fettling. [U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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