sb. pl. Obs. [? f. FIX v.; or a corruption of *fæxes, Eng. pl. of FÆX.] (See quot.)
The discrepancy of the explanations in the two quots, is prob. due to some error.
1594. Plat, The Jewell House of Art and Nature, III. 79. Aquafortis, whose fæces (fixes the Goldsmiths vnproperly tearme them) haue beene first stricken down with some fine siluer.
1819. Rees, Cycl., XIV. s.v. 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.
