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Dictionary: fettle (fĕt'l)

n:

1. Proper or sound condition.
2. Mental or emotional state; spirits: was in fine fettle.
3. Loose sand or ore used to line the hearth of a reverberatory furnace in preparation for pouring molten metal.

tr.v. Metallurgy., -tled, -tling, -tles.
- To line the hearth of (a reverberatory furnace) with loose sand or ore in preparation for pouring molten metal.

[From Middle English fetlen, to make ready, possibly from Old English fetel, girdle.]