fettle

Etymology
From Late, which possibly:


 * from, from , further etymology unknown; or
 * from, from , , from.

Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) A state of physical condition; kilter or trim.
 * 2) One's mental state; spirits.
 * 3) Sand used to line a furnace.
 * 4)  A seam line left by the meeting of mould pieces.
 * 5)  The act of fettling.
 * 6)  A person's mood or state, often assuming the worst.
 * 1)  A person's mood or state, often assuming the worst.

Usage notes
Outside of dialects, this noun is a fossil, found only in the phrase ; but the verb and the corresponding gerund remain in common use in British English (for example, "this will need a bit of fettling to get sorted").

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:, ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * German:, ,


 * German: Formsand


 * German:


 * German:

Verb

 * 1)   To sort out, to fix, to mend, to repair.
 * 2)  To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business.
 * 3)  To line the hearth of a furnace with sand prior to pouring molten metal.
 * 4)  To be upset or in a bad mood.
 * Divint fettle yersel ower that!
 * 1) In ceramics, to remove (as by sanding) the seam lines left by the meeting of two molds.
 * 2)  To prepare.
 * 1)  To be upset or in a bad mood.
 * Divint fettle yersel ower that!
 * 1) In ceramics, to remove (as by sanding) the seam lines left by the meeting of two molds.
 * 2)  To prepare.

Translations

 * German:, ,


 * German:, , , prötteln


 * German: ,


 * German: beschroten, ,