
Noah Webster
Fixture
FIX'TURE, noun
1. Position.
2. Fixedness; firm pressure; as the fixture of the foot.
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, etc., and which the tenant cannot legally take away, when he removes to another house.