noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Repairing; mending; sorting. UK, countable, gerund, uncountable
2. 2
   A mixture of ore, cinders, etc., used to line the hearth of a puddling furnace. UK, countable, gerund, uncountable
3. 3
   The operation of shaving or smoothing the surface of undried clay ware. UK, countable, gerund, uncountable

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of fettle form-of, gerund, participle, present

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