Settled vs Fettled - What's the difference?
settled | fettled |
Comfortable and at ease, especially after a period of change or unrest.
(settle)
(fettle)
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 settled and fettled
is that settled is past tense of settle while fettled is past tense of fettle.As an adjective settled
is comfortable and at ease, especially after a period of change or unrest.settled
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- It took me a while to feel settled after I moved to this big city.
Verb
(head)fettled
English
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...