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fettle::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | get rid of, remove |
Examples of fettle
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The scales fell from my eyes, and I went on to finish law school in fine fettle.
From the nytimes.com
A second one-acter called Witness finds McNally in fine comic and caustic fettle.
From the time.com
With the exception of Fiat, the European industry is in surprisingly good fettle.
From the economist.com
It was a surprise and delight to find something locally grown and in fine fettle.
From the guardian.co.uk
The art market is in fine fettle, Trinity House's co-owner, Simon Shore, told me.
From the independent.co.uk
By all accounts, the England squad is in fine fettle ahead of these Championships.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Navigating through a Hello Sailor history lesson, the band was in fine fettle.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Britain's Windsors aside, most of the world's reigning monarchs look in fine fettle.
From the economist.com
On the surface at least, this independent streak has kept it in fine fettle.
From the economist.com
- A state of fitness and good health; "in fine fettle"
- Remove mold marks or sand from (a casting)
- A state of proper physical condition; kilter or trim; One's mental state; spirits; Sand used to line a furnace; A person's mood or state, often assuming the worst; a seam line left by the meeting of mold pieces; To sort out, to fix, to mend, to repair; To line the hearth of a furnace with ...
- (Fettling) The removal of burrs
- (Fettling) Cleaning of cast ware, especially the removal of the seams produced by joins in the plaster mould.
- (Fettling) The removal, in the unfired state of excess body left in the shaping of pottery-ware at such places as seams and edges. (W)
- (Fettling) process by which excess metal (flashing) is removed from castings by tumbling them in a rotating drum
- (fettling) the process of trimming, cleaning and otherwise preparing the cast piece for finishing. While the word 'fettle' is not in common use as a verb, it is used in a variety of crafts to describe simular processes. ...
- British term meaning the process of removing all runners and risers and cleaning off adhering sand from the casting. Also refers to the removal of slag from the inside of the cupola and in Britain to repair the bed of an open hearth.
