FIX (4)

Fix, n. 1. 1. A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament; dilemma.
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. 2. (Iron Manuf.) fettling.