fettle

noun · verbA2

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noun
Plural noun:
fettles
  1. 1.

    A state of physical condition; kilter or trim.

  2. 2.

    One's mental state; spirits.

  3. 3.

    Sand used to line a furnace.

  4. 4.

    (ceramics) A seam line left by the meeting of mould pieces.

  5. 5.

    (UK, dialectal)The act of fettling.

  6. 6.

    (Cumbria, Geordie)A person's mood or state, often assuming the worst.

    What’s yer fettle marra?

Động từ

verb
V_es/s
fettles
V_ing/Gerund
fettling
V_ed/pp
fettled
  1. 1.

    (Northern England, especially)(especially Northern England) To sort out, to fix, to mend, to repair.

  2. 2.

    (intransitive)To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business.

  3. 3.

    (transitive)To line the hearth of a furnace with sand prior to pouring molten metal.

  4. 4.

    (Geordie, reflexive)To be upset or in a bad mood.

    Divint fettle yersel ower that!

  5. 5.

    (ceramics) To remove (as by sanding) the seam lines left by the meeting of two molds.

  6. 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. 7.

    (archaic, transitive)To prepare.

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in fine fettlefash

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Late Middle English fetlen, which possibly:

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