Settle vs Fettle - What's the difference?
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To place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; especially, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home etc.
* And he settled his countenance steadfastly upon him,until he was ashamed. --2 Kings VIII. 11. (Rev. Ver.)
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(transitive, obsolete, US) To establish in the pastoral office; to ordain or install as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish.
To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to quieten; to still; to calm; to compose.
* (George Chapman)
* (John Bunyan)
To clear or purify (a liquid) of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink
To restore (ground, roads etc.) or bring to a smooth, dry, or passable condition
To cause to sink; to lower
To determine, as something which is exposed to doubt or question; to free from uncertainty
* (Jonathan Swift)
To pacify (a discussion, quarrel).
(archaic) To adjust (accounts); to liquidate; to balance.
(colloquial) To pay.
To colonize; to move people to (a land or territory).
To become fixed, permanent or stationary; to establish one's self or itself
* (Francis Bacon)
* (John Arbuthnot)
To fix one's residence; to establish a dwelling place or home.
To become married, or a householder.
* (Matthew Prior)
To be established in a profession or in employment.
To become firm, dry, and hard, like the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared.
To become clear after being unclear or vague
* (Joseph Addison)
To sink to the bottom of a body of liquid, for example dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reservoir.
To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, for example the foundation of a house, etc.
To become calm; to stop being agitated
* (William Shakespeare)
To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement.
(obsolete) To make a jointure for a wife.
* (Samuel Garth)
(archaic) A seat of any kind.
* Hampole
A long bench, often with a high back and arms, with storage space underneath for linen.
(obsolete) A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part.
* Bible, Ezekiel xliii. 14
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
In transitive terms the difference between settle and fettle
is that settle is to colonize; to move people to (a land or territory) while fettle is to line the hearth of a furnace with sand prior to pouring molten metal.In transitive archaic terms the difference between settle and fettle
is that settle is to adjust (accounts); to liquidate; to balance while fettle is to prepare.In intransitive terms the difference between settle and fettle
is that settle is to adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement while fettle is to make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business.settle
English
(Webster 1913)Verb
(settl)- God settled then the huge whale-bearing lake.
- Hoping that sleep might settle his brains.
- It will settle the wavering, and confirm the doubtful.
- to settle a bill
- The wind came about and settled in the west.
- Chyleruns through all the intermediate colors until it settles in an intense red.
- As people marry now and settle .
- A government, on such occasions, is always thick before it settles .
- Till the fury of his highness settle , Come not before him.
- He sighs with most success that settles well.
Synonyms
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* (to place in a fixed or permanent condition) remove * (l) * (l) * (l)Derived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)Noun
(en noun)- upon the settle of his majesty
- And from the bottom upon the ground, even to the lower settle , shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit.
Quotations
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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...