1) Condition 2) Condition, often fine 3) Condition, usually fine 4) Exclusively Saxon word 5) Exclusively Anglo word 6) Fitness 7) Good condition 8) Good shape 9) Physical fitness 10) State of fitness 11) State, usually fine 12) To be upset or in a bad mood 13) To do trifling business 14) To make preparations
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• (v. i.) To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business. • (n.) The act of fettling. • (a.) To cover or line with a mixture of ore, cinders, etc., as the hearth of a puddling furnace. • (a.) To repair; to prepare; to put in order.
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Fet'tle intransitive verb To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business. [ Prov. Eng.]
Bp. Hall. Found on
http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/23
Fet'tle noun The act of fettling. [ Prov. Eng.]
Wright. In fine fettle ,
in good spirits. Found on
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Fet'tle transitive verb [ Middle English & Prov. E., to fettle (in sense 1),
fettle ,
noun , order, repair, preparation, dress; probably akin to English
fit . See
Fit ,
adjective ]
1. To repair; to prepare; to put in order. [...
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The removal of unwanted blemishes, seams and flash from nearly dry pots prior to glazing and firing.
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[
n] - a state of fitness and good health
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British term meaning the process of removing all runners and risers and cleaning off adhering sand from the casting. Also refers to the removal of slag from the inside of the cupola and in Britain to repair the bed of an open hearth.
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noun a state of fitness and good health; `in fine fettle`
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To prepare a furnace for charging and melting by repairing eroded areas of the refractory.
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