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Molten vs Fettle - What's the difference?

molten | fettle |

As verbs the difference between molten and fettle

is that molten is while fettle is (northern england) to sort out, to fix, to mend, to repair.

As a adjective molten

is melted.

As a noun fettle is

a state of proper physical condition; kilter or trim.

molten

English

Alternative forms

* (qualifier) ymolten

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Melted.
  • molten wax
    molten rock
  • Made from molten substance.
  • Glowing red-hot.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • 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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