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"ref": "1979 August, P. R. G. Kennard, “Polish Steam Panorama”, in Railway World, page 421",
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"The act of fettling."
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"text": "What’s yer fettle marra?",
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"text": "Coordinate term: fiddle"
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"ref": "1858, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II of Prussia",
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"ref": "1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VI, in Capricornia, page 83",
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"(intransitive) To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business."
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"(transitive) To line the hearth of a furnace with sand prior to pouring molten metal."
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"text": "Divint fettle yersel ower that!"
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"In ceramics, to remove (as by sanding) the seam lines left by the meeting of two molds."
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"word": "beschroten"
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"ref": "1595, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet",
"text": "But fettle your fine joints 'gainst Thursday next...",
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"To prepare."
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