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noun
- A state of proper physical condition; kilter or trim.
- One's mental state; spirits.
- sand, Sand used to line a furnace.
- (Geordie) A persons mood or state, often assuming the worst.
- Whats yer marra?
- In ceramics, a seam line left by the meeting of mold pieces.
verb (fettles, fettling, fettled, fettled)
- (context, UK) To sort out, to fix.
- (transitive) To line the hearth of a furnace with sand prior to pouring molten metal.
- (context, transitive, Geordie) To be upset or in bad mood.
- Divint yersel ower that!
- In ceramics, to remove (as by sanding) the seam lines left by the meeting of two molds.
- (context, UK, cycling, slang) To repair or tune a bicycle.
Etymology: fetel.
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