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Fettle   Listen
verb
Fettle  v. t.  
1.
To repair; to prepare; to put in order. (Prov. Eng.)
2.
(Metal.) To cover or line with a mixture of ore, cinders, etc., as the hearth of a puddling furnace.





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"Fettle" Quotes from Famous Books



... the very crisis of the game. The racers of the after-guns had been out for their morning's exercise. Indeed the saddles had only just been removed, and the noble animals were now enjoying a good square meal of corn in their bombproof stable. Keep your animals in good fettle, and they'll never shirk their work: that was always my motto, and right well has it answered. The roaring furnaces, the cylindrical boilers, the prisoned steam, the twin screws, the steel shot that crashes like thunder, the fearful impact ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 101. October 3rd, 1891 • Various


Words linked to "Fettle" :   physical fitness, get rid of, remove


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