"mettled" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From mettle + -ed.",
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  "pos": "adj",
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          "text": "She looked, and saw one of the most graceful cavaliers that ever reined in a mettled horse.",
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        "Having mettle; pithy, spirited"
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        "(archaic) Having mettle; pithy, spirited"
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