fettle
noun
state; condition.
fettles
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present tense formof fettle (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Rosey! sweet little posy Come to our garden fête; Our naughty young nettles shall be on their fettles, All stinging things to bate.
From The Zankiwank and The Bletherwitch An Original Fantastic Fairy Extravaganza by S. J. Adair Fitzgerald
To revert to my former example of its use—An injured cart is fettled by the wheel-wright; the wheelwright fettles the injured cart.
From Notes and Queries, Number 09, December 29, 1849 by Various
A tackler is one who fettles looms when they get out of order.
From Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine by Edwin Waugh
