fettle

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fet·tle

F0094000 (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.]

fettle

(ˈfɛtəl) vb (tr) 1. (Mechanical Engineering) to remove (excess moulding material and casting irregularities) from a cast component2. (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 tob. to repair or mend (something)n4. 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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(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]

fettle

Past participle: fettled
Gerund: fettling

Imperative
fettle
fettle

Present
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

Thesaurus

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"

fettle

noun health, form, condition, shape, state You seem in fine fettle.

fettle

nounA state of sound readiness:condition, fitness, form, kilter, order, shape, trim.

Translations

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fettle

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in fine fettle

In good physical and/or mental health. A: "I heard you had the flu last week, so how are you feeling now?" B: "I'm finally back in fine fettle, thank goodness!" I had been in fine fettle for a while, but now that school is over I'm feeling pretty sad.See also: fettle, fine

be in fine fettle

To be in good physical and/or mental health. A: "I heard you had the flu last week, so how are you feeling now?" B: "I'm finally back in fine fettle, thank goodness!" I was in fine fettle for a while, but now that school is over I'm feeling pretty sad.See also: fettle, fine

in fine fettle

INFORMAL, OLD-FASHIONEDIf someone or something is in fine fettle, they are in very good health or condition. You seem in fine fettle. Helped by low interest rates, the banks are in fine fettle.See also: fettle, fine

in fine fettle

in very good condition. Fettle was recorded in a mid 18th-century glossary of Lancashire dialect as meaning ‘dress, case, condition’. It is now seldom found outside this phrase and its variants, which include in good fettle and in high fettle .See also: fettle, fine

in fine/good ˈfettle

(old-fashioned, informal) healthy and cheerful: After ten hours’ sleep and a good long run, I was in fine fettle. OPPOSITE: be, feel, etc. out of sortsSee also: fettle, fine, good

fine fettle, in

In excellent condition. This expression comes from the old dialect verb “to fettle,” which meant to put right. It was first put as “in good fettle,” and was so used throughout the nineteenth century. Alliteration has helped it to survive.See also: fine

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noun health

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noun a state of sound readiness

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noun a state of fitness and good health

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verb remove mold marks or sand from (a casting)

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