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fettled | fettler |

As a verb fettled

is (fettle).

As a noun fettler is

a person who maintains railway lines.

fettled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (fettle)

    • fettle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A state of proper physical condition; kilter or trim.
  • One's mental state; spirits.
  • Sand used to line a furnace.
  • (Geordie, Cumbria) A person's mood or state, often assuming the worst.
    • What's yer fettle marra?
  • (ceramics) a seam line left by the meeting of mold pieces.
  • (UK, dialect) The act of fettling.
    • (Wright)

    Usage notes

    Outside of dialects, this term is a , found only in the phrase (m).

    Derived terms

    * in fine fettle

    Verb

  • (Northern England) To sort out, to fix, to mend, to repair.
    • (Carlyle)
  • To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business.
    • (Bishop Hall)
  • To line the hearth of a furnace with sand prior to pouring molten metal.
  • (Geordie) To be upset or in a bad mood.
    • Divint fettle yersel ower that!
  • In ceramics, to remove (as by sanding) the seam lines left by the meeting of two molds.
  • (archaic) To prepare.
  • * 1595 , William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
    • But fettle your fine joints 'gainst Thursday next...

    Derived terms

    * fettler * fettling

    See also

    * fash

    References

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    fettler

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who maintains railway lines.
  • Someone whose job is to sand and grind small imperfections from metal and ceramic castings.
  • (by extension) Someone who fiddles or tinkers with things.
  • (slang, UK, Lancashire) A friend or mate
    • How's tha' doing fettler ?

    Quotations

    *1939. Comrade Fettler (a Union song about Fettlers])[http://unionsong.com/u266.html] *:The summer brings its nursery, with dust and sandy blight *:But the Fettle r must keep toiling, to keep the track alright.