fettle
IPA: fˈɛtʌɫ
noun
- A state of physical condition; kilter or trim.
- One's mental state; spirits.
- Sand used to line a furnace.
- (ceramics) A seam line left by the meeting of mould pieces.
- (UK, dialectal) The act of fettling.
- (Cumbria, Tyneside) A person's mood or state, often assuming the worst.
verb
- (especially Northern England) To sort out, to fix, to mend, to repair.
- (intransitive) To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business.
- (transitive) To line the hearth of a furnace with sand prior to pouring molten metal.
- (reflexive, Tyneside) To be upset or in a bad mood.
- In ceramics, to remove (as by sanding) the seam lines left by the meeting of two molds.
- (transitive, archaic) To prepare.
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