Definitions from Wiktionary (fettle)
▸ noun: A state of physical condition; kilter or trim.
▸ noun: One's mental state; spirits.
▸ noun: Sand used to line a furnace.
▸ noun: (ceramics) A seam line left by the meeting of mould pieces.
▸ noun: (UK, dialectal) The act of fettling.
▸ noun: (Cumbria, Geordie) A person's mood or state, often assuming the worst.
▸ verb: (especially Northern England) To sort out, to fix, to mend, to repair.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business.
▸ verb: (transitive) To line the hearth of a furnace with sand prior to pouring molten metal.
▸ verb: (reflexive, Geordie) To be upset or in a bad mood.
▸ verb: (ceramics) To remove (as by sanding) the seam lines left by the meeting of two molds.
▸ verb: (transitive, engineering) To machine away seam lines or more generally to make small adjustments to a component or machine to improve its fit or operation.
▸ verb: (transitive, archaic) To prepare.
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▸ noun: A state of physical condition; kilter or trim.
▸ noun: One's mental state; spirits.
▸ noun: Sand used to line a furnace.
▸ noun: (ceramics) A seam line left by the meeting of mould pieces.
▸ noun: (UK, dialectal) The act of fettling.
▸ noun: (Cumbria, Geordie) A person's mood or state, often assuming the worst.
▸ verb: (especially Northern England) To sort out, to fix, to mend, to repair.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business.
▸ verb: (transitive) To line the hearth of a furnace with sand prior to pouring molten metal.
▸ verb: (reflexive, Geordie) To be upset or in a bad mood.
▸ verb: (ceramics) To remove (as by sanding) the seam lines left by the meeting of two molds.
▸ verb: (transitive, engineering) To machine away seam lines or more generally to make small adjustments to a component or machine to improve its fit or operation.
▸ verb: (transitive, archaic) To prepare.
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