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Fettle v. t.

To repair; to prepare; to put in order. (Prov. Eng.)

(Metal.) To cover or line with a mixture of ore, cinders, etc., as the hearth of a puddling furnace.

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"Fettle" Quotes from Famous Books

... the Battalion, but as the enemy gunners did not thoroughly understand how to set the fuses, the shells were all blind. The Germans seemed to be able to advance whenever they wished, whereas the British had miserably failed at Ypres the last year. The men were not in very good fettle owing to the several recent marches, and the chance of complete victory seemed to be remote. Nevertheless there were many who kept cheerful and intended like game cocks to fight ...

— The Story of the "9th King's" in France • Enos Herbert Glynne Roberts

... high fettle. I told myself that, considering the difficulties, I had managed to find out a wonderful amount in a very few days. It only shows what a man can do with the slenderest evidence if he keeps chewing and ...

— Greenmantle • John Buchan

... night, they had an early breakfast. The horses proved to be in fine fettle, and eager for the long gallop. So the two saddle boys once more ...

— The Saddle Boys in the Grand Canyon - or The Hermit of the Cave • James Carson

... Brigade. After greetings we shoved on and saw the 2nd Lovat Scouts under Lieutenant-Colonel Stirling and met, whilst going round their line, Major Morrison Bell and Captain Oppenheim. They seemed in very good fettle, and it would have been hard to find a finer lot of men. Taking leave of the 2nd Lovat Scouts, we worked along the trenches of the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, under Colonel Mitchell, until we came to the 1st Lovat Scouts under Colonel Bailey. Lovat himself was sick, but Peyton commanding ...

— Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 • Ian Hamilton

... noticeably out of form, which fact had not a little to do with Willard's victory. To-day the long-limbed gentleman, despite his retirement on the occasion of his first meeting with Willings, was in fine fettle, and scarcely had Satterlee, 2d, concluded his remark when there was a sharp crack and the white sphere was skimming second baseman's head. It was a clean, well-placed hit, and even the wearers ...

— The New Boy at Hilltop • Ralph Henry Barbour

... Press and the Government to work together," I said rapidly, "and particularly in connection with the new Government Service of Camion's Fettle-Trains and ...

— First and Last • H. Belloc

Words linked to "Fettle" : fitness, get rid of, physical fitness, remove