Molten vs Fettle - What's the difference?
molten | fettle |
Melted.
Made from molten substance.
Glowing red-hot.
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.
(ceramics) a seam line left by the meeting of mold pieces.
(UK, dialect) The act of fettling.
(Northern England) To sort out, to fix, to mend, to repair.
To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business.
To line the hearth of a furnace with sand prior to pouring molten metal.
(Geordie) 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.
(archaic) To prepare.
* 1595 , William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
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
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Alternative forms
* (qualifier) ymoltenAdjective
(en adjective)- molten wax
- molten rock
Verb
(head)fettle
English
Noun
(en noun)- What's yer fettle marra?
- (Wright)
Usage notes
Outside of dialects, this term is a , found only in the phrase (m).Derived terms
* in fine fettleVerb
- (Carlyle)
- (Bishop Hall)
- Divint fettle yersel ower that!
- But fettle your fine joints 'gainst Thursday next...