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fettling, vbl. n.|ˈfɛtlɪŋ|
[f. fettle v. + -ing1.]
1. a. The action of the verb fettle in various senses; an instance of this.
1847A. Brontë Agnes Grey xi. 168 I'd no heart to sweeping an' fettling, an' washing pots. 1859‘T. Treddlehoyle’ Bairnsla Foaks' Ann. Feb. [10] Two owd worthies there thowt it a nice chonce to gie it a good fetlin aht. 1865Carlyle Fredk. Gt. IX. xx. ii. 18 Friedrich calculated there would be very considerable fettling and haggling. 1869Lonsdale Gloss., ‘I gev him a good fettling.’ 1958New Scientist 13 Nov. 1269/2 When the carding engine is restarted after this ‘fettling’ [sc. removal of dirt] a lot of the fibres fed in go at first to replace the dirt and fibres just removed. 1960H. Powell Beginner's Bk. Pottery ii. 63 Fettling, trimming cast models where mould joints leave lines of clay. 1960R. Lister Dec. Cast Iron⁓work 227 Fettling brush, a wire brush used in fettling. Ibid., Fettling hole, in a cupola, the aperture through which the debris may be removed after a melt. Ibid. ii. 55 The castings are removed from the sand moulds in a knockout... From here they are taken to the fettling shop and subjected to a series of cleaning processes.
b. spec. The action of lining a puddling furnace; hence, the materials used for this. Also attrib.
1864Percy Iron & Steel 669 Iron puddled with limestone fettling is always rotten. 1872Daily News 7 Oct. 6 His judgment..was against Sunday fettling. 1890Iron & Steel Trades Jrnl. 4 Jan. 20/2 Sales of cokes and fettling minerals are recorded in large quantities. |