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A fixture, usually pendent from the ceiling, for holding electric lamps. The word is analogous to chandelier, from which it was formed.

Early Design Electrolier

A fixture, usually pendent from the ceiling, for holding electric lamps. The word is analogous to chandelier,…

Supporting fixture from an attic.

Fixture

Supporting fixture from an attic.

A device for regulating the flow of a liquid from a reservoir such as a pipe or drum. See Regional Note at andiron.

Plumbing Fixture

A device for regulating the flow of a liquid from a reservoir such as a pipe or drum. See Regional Note…

"Font, Cathedral of Langres, France; end of 13th century. A repository for the water used in baptism; now, specifically, a basin, usually of marble or other fine stone, permanently fixed within a church, to contain the water for baptism by sprinkling or immersion: distinctively called a baptismal font." -Whitney, 1911

Baptismal Font

"Font, Cathedral of Langres, France; end of 13th century. A repository for the water used in baptism;…