Fettle
Fettle , transitive verb
[Old English & Prov. English, to fettle (in sense 1), fettle, n., order, repair, preparation, dress; prob. akin to English fit. See Fit, a.]
1.
To repair; to prepare; to put in order. [Provincial English] — Carlyle
2.
(Metallurgy) To cover or line with a mixture of ore, cinders, etc., as the hearth of a puddling furnace.
Fettle , intransitive verb
To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business. [Provincial English] — Bp. Hall
Fettle , noun
The act of fettling. [Provincial English] — Wright
Collocations (1)
In fine fettle , in good spirits.