fettle
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fet·tle
(fĕt′l)n.
1.
a. Proper or sound condition.
b. Mental or emotional state; spirits: was in fine fettle.
2. Metallurgy Loose sand or ore used to line the hearth of a reverberatory furnace in preparation for pouring molten metal.
tr.v. fet·tled, fet·tling, fet·tles Metallurgy
To line the hearth of (a reverberatory furnace) with loose sand or ore in preparation for pouring molten metal.
[From Middle English fetlen, to make ready, possibly from Old English fetel, girdle.]
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fettle
(ˈfɛtəl)vb (tr)
1. (Mechanical Engineering) to remove (excess moulding material and casting irregularities) from a cast component
2. (Metallurgy) to line or repair (the walls of a furnace)
3. dialect
a. to prepare or arrange (a thing, oneself, etc), esp to put a finishing touch to
b. to repair or mend (something)
n
4. state of health, spirits, etc (esp in the phrase in fine fettle)
5. (Metallurgy) another name for fettling
[C14 (in the sense: to put in order): back formation from fetled girded up, from Old English fetel belt]
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fet•tle
(ˈfɛt l)n., v. -tled, -tling. n.
1. state; condition: in fine fettle.
v.t. 2.
a. to remove mold marks or sand from (a casting).
b. to repair the hearth of (an open-hearth furnace).
[1300–50; Middle English fetlen to shape, prepare, back formation from fetled, Old English *fetelede girded up]
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fettle
Past participle: fettled
Gerund: fettling
| Imperative |
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| fettle |
| fettle |
| Present |
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| I fettle |
| you fettle |
| he/she/it fettles |
| we fettle |
| you fettle |
| they fettle |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I fettled |
| you fettled |
| he/she/it fettled |
| we fettled |
| you fettled |
| they fettled |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am fettling |
| you are fettling |
| he/she/it is fettling |
| we are fettling |
| you are fettling |
| they are fettling |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have fettled |
| you have fettled |
| he/she/it has fettled |
| we have fettled |
| you have fettled |
| they have fettled |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was fettling |
| you were fettling |
| he/she/it was fettling |
| we were fettling |
| you were fettling |
| they were fettling |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had fettled |
| you had fettled |
| he/she/it had fettled |
| we had fettled |
| you had fettled |
| they had fettled |
| Future |
|---|
| I will fettle |
| you will fettle |
| he/she/it will fettle |
| we will fettle |
| you will fettle |
| they will fettle |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have fettled |
| you will have fettled |
| he/she/it will have fettled |
| we will have fettled |
| you will have fettled |
| they will have fettled |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be fettling |
| you will be fettling |
| he/she/it will be fettling |
| we will be fettling |
| you will be fettling |
| they will be fettling |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been fettling |
| you have been fettling |
| he/she/it has been fettling |
| we have been fettling |
| you have been fettling |
| they have been fettling |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been fettling |
| you will have been fettling |
| he/she/it will have been fettling |
| we will have been fettling |
| you will have been fettling |
| they will have been fettling |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been fettling |
| you had been fettling |
| he/she/it had been fettling |
| we had been fettling |
| you had been fettling |
| they had been fettling |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would fettle |
| you would fettle |
| he/she/it would fettle |
| we would fettle |
| you would fettle |
| they would fettle |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have fettled |
| you would have fettled |
| he/she/it would have fettled |
| we would have fettled |
| you would have fettled |
| they would have fettled |
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Noun 1. fettle - a state of fitness and good health; "in fine fettle"
physical fitness, fitness - good physical condition; being in shape or in condition
Verb 1. fettle - remove mold marks or sand from (a casting)
get rid of, remove - dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"
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Translations
fettle
[ˈfetl] N in fine fettle (= condition) → en buenas condiciones ; (= mood) → de muy buen humorCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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fettle
n to be in fine or good fettle → in bester Form sein; (as regards health also) → in bester Verfassung or topfit (inf) → sein
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