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fettle

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fet·tle  (ftl)
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
Noun
in fine fettle in good spirits or health [Old English fetel belt]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.fettle - a state of fitness and good health; "in fine fettle"
physical fitness, fitness - good physical condition; being in shape or in condition
Verb1.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"
Translations
fettle [ˈfɛtl] n in fine fettle → en buenas condiciones
fettle [ˈfɛtl] n (Brit);
in fine fettle → en bonne forme
fettle [ˈfɛtl] (Brit) n in fine fettle → in bester Form
fettle [ˈfɛtl] n (BRIT): in fine fettle → in gran forma


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Those fifty-one days of fine sailing and intense sobriety had put me in splendid fettle.
John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context
" said he, "this has put me in a fine old fever; but I don't know when I felt in better fettle.
Dead Men Tell No Tales by Hornung, E. W. View in context
No, no; but it's a fine thing to come to a man when he's seen into the nature of business: to have the chance of getting a bit of the country into good fettle, as they say, and putting men into the right way with their farming, and getting a bit of good contriving and solid building done--that those who are living and those who come after will be the better for.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
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