Fettle

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Proper or sound condition.
  • noun. Mental or emotional state; spirits.
  • noun. Loose sand or ore used to line the hearth of a reverberatory furnace in preparation for pouring molten metal.
  • transitive verb. To line the hearth of (a reverberatory furnace) with loose sand or ore in preparation for pouring molten metal.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Neat; tight; handy.
  • noun. The state of being prepared, or in good repair or condition: as, he is in splendid fettle to-day.
  • noun. A handle in the side of a large basket.
  • To bind; tie up.
  • To arrange; prepare; put in order; repair; mend.
  • To beat; thrash.
  • Toline(the hearth of a puddling-furnace). See fettling.
  • Fettled ale or porter, ale or porter sweetened with sugar and seasoned with a little ginger and nutmeg.
  • To potter; set about in a fussy, pottering way; do trifling business.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To repair; to prepare; to put in order.
  • transitive verb. To cover or line with a mixture of ore, cinders, etc., as the hearth of a puddling furnace.
  • intransitive verb. To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business.
  • noun. The act of fettling.
  • noun. in good spirits.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A state of proper physical condition; kilter or trim.
  • noun. One's mental state; spirits.
  • noun. Sand used to line a furnace.
  • noun. A person's mood or state, often assuming the worst.
  • noun. a seam line left by the meeting of mold pieces.
  • noun. The act of fettling.
  • verb. To sort out, to fix, to mend, to repair.
  • verb. To line the hearth of a furnace with sand prior to pouring molten metal.
  • verb. To be upset or in bad mood.
  • verb. In ceramics, to remove (as by sanding) the seam lines left by the meeting of two molds.
  • verb. To repair or tune a bicycle.
  • verb. (archaic) To prepare.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a state of fitness and good health
  • verb. remove mold marks or sand from (a casting)