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Definition fettle

Etymology

Old English fetel.

Noun

fettle (plural fettles)

1. A state of proper physical condition; kilter or trim.
2. One's mental state; spirits.
3. Sand used to line a furnace.
4. (Geordie, Cumbria) A person's mood or state, often assuming the worst.
5. (ceramics) a seam line left by the meeting of mold pieces.
6. (Britain, dialectal) The act of fettling.

Verb

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

1. (Northern England) To sort out, to fix, to mend, to repair.
2. (intransitive) To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business.
3. (transitive) To line the hearth of a furnace with sand prior to pouring molten metal.
4. (reflexive, Geordie) To be upset or in a bad mood.
5. In ceramics, to remove (as by sanding) the seam lines left by the meeting of two molds.
6. (transitive, archaic) To prepare.

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