FETTLE

fettle

(noun) a state of fitness and good health; “in fine fettle”

fettle

(verb) remove mold marks or sand from (a casting)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

fettle (plural fettles)

A state of proper physical condition; kilter or trim.

One's mental state; spirits.

Sand used to line a furnace.

(Geordie, Cumbria) A person's mood or state, often assuming the worst.

(ceramics) a seam line left by the meeting of mold pieces.

(UK, dialect) The act of fettling.

Outside of dialects, this term is a fossil, found only in the phrase in fine fettle.

fettle (third-person singular simple present fettles, present participle fettling, simple past and past participle fettled)

(Northern England) To sort out, to fix, to mend, to repair.

(intransitive) To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business.

(transitive) To line the hearth of a furnace with sand prior to pouring molten metal.

(reflexive, Geordie) To be upset or in a bad mood.

In ceramics, to remove (as by sanding) the seam lines left by the meeting of two molds.

(transitive, archaic) To prepare.

Source: Wiktionary

Fet"tle, v. t. Etym: [OE. & Prov. E., to fettle (in sense 1), fettle, n., order, repair, preparation, dress; prob. akin to E. fit. See Fit, a.]

Definition: 1. To repair; to prepare; to put in order. [Prov. Eng.] Carlyle.

2. (Metal.)

Definition: To cover or line with a mixture of ore, cinders, etc., as the hearth of a puddling furnace.

Fet"tle, v. i.

Definition: To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business. [Prov. Eng.] Bp. Hall.

Fet"tle, n.

Definition: The act of fettling. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. In fine fettle, in good spirits.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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