fettle
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
A state of physical condition; kilter or trim.
- 2.
One's mental state; spirits.
- 3.
Sand used to line a furnace.
- 4.
(ceramics) A seam line left by the meeting of mould pieces.
- 5.
(UK, dialectal)The act of fettling.
- 6.
(Cumbria, Geordie)A person's mood or state, often assuming the worst.
What’s yer fettle marra?
Động từ
verb- 1.
(Northern England, especially)(especially 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.
(Geordie, reflexive)To be upset or in a bad mood.
Divint fettle yersel ower that!
- 5.
(ceramics) To remove (as by sanding) the seam lines left by the meeting of two molds.
- 6.
(transitive)(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.
He wants to fettle his gearchange mechanism before the next competition.
- 7.
(archaic, transitive)To prepare.
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ine-pro From Late Middle English fetlen, which possibly: