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Etymology [ edit ]

From Old English fetel.

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Noun [ edit ]

fettle (plural fettles)

A state of proper physical condition; kilter or trim. One's mental state; spirits. Sand used to line a furnace. ( , Cumbria Tyneside ) A person's mood or state, often assuming the worst. What's yer fettle marra? ( ceramics ) a seam line left by the meeting of mold pieces. ( Britain , dialect ) The act of fettling. (Can we find and add a quotation of Wright to this entry?)

Usage notes [ edit ]

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

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Translations [ edit ]

state of proper physical condition; kilter or trim Bulgarian: форма (bg) f ( forma )

Finnish: kunto (fi) veto (fi) German: Zustand (de) m , Form (de) f , Einklang (de) m

one's mental state; spirits Bulgarian: състояние (bg) n ( sǎstojanie )

Finnish: kunto (fi) German: Zustand (de) m , Geisteszustand (de) m , Verfassung (de) f

sand to line a furnace German: Formsand m

a person's mood or state, often assuming the worst German: Zustand (de) m

seam line left by the meeting of mold pieces German: Grat (de) m

Verb [ edit ]

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

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Translations [ edit ]

to sort out, fix, mend or repair German: richten (de) reparieren (de) flicken (de)

to make preparations, put things in order or do trifling business German: ordnen (de) vorbereiten (de) arrangieren (de) prötteln

to line the hearth of a furnace with sand German: auskleiden (de) ausfüllen (de)

to remove seam lines left by the meeting of two molds German: beschroten beschneiden (de) putzen (de)

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