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Showing words for FETTLING using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Fettling

fettling

7 Letter Words for Fettling

ettling, felting, fetting, letting, neftgil

6 Letter Words for Fettling

elfing, engilt, feting, figent, finlet, fitten, fleing, gentil, gilten, infelt, linget, litten, telint, tingle, tinlet

5 Letter Words for Fettling

elfin, elint, enlit, ettin, feign, feint, fient, filet, fitte, fling, flint, flite, flitt, genit, gilet, gleit, glent, glift, glint, ingle, inlet, intel, legin, legit, lenti, lifen, ligne, linge, nifle, tinge, title

4 Letter Words for Fettling

engl, feil, felt, feni, fent, fett, fiel, file, filt, fine, fitt, fleg, flet, flit, gein, geit, genl, gent, gien, gift, gile, gilt, gite, glei, glen, glit, infl, intl, itel, left, leng, lent, lett, lief, lien, life, lift, lige, line, ling, lint, lite, neif, neti, nief, nife, nile, teil, teli, telt, teng, tent, tien, tift, tige, tile, tilt, tine, ting, tint, tite

3 Letter Words for Fettling

efl, eft, elf, eli, elt, eng, enl, fei, fen, fet, fgn, fie, fig, fil, fin, fit, flt, gel, gen, get, gie, gif, gin, git, glt, gte, gtt, ife, ign, ile, inf, ing, int, leg, lei, let, lie, lif, lig, lin, lit, nef, neg, nei, net, nie, nig, nil, nit, tef, teg, tel, ten, tet, tgn, tgt, tie, tig, til, tin, tit, tln, tng, tnt

Definitions for Fettling

[1] the material with which the hearth of a puddling furnace is lined, usually a dolomite or refractory mixture.
[2] state; condition: in fine fettle.
[3] Ceramics . to remove mold marks from (a cast piece).
[4] Metallurgy . to remove sand from (a casting). to repair the hearth of (an open-hearth furnace).
[5] a refractory material used to line the hearth of puddling furnaces Also called: fettle
[6] to remove (excess moulding material and casting irregularities) from a cast component
[7] to line or repair (the walls of a furnace)
[8] British dialect to prepare or arrange (a thing, oneself, etc), esp to put a finishing touch to to repair or mend (something)
[9] state of health, spirits, etc (esp in the phrase in fine fettle )
[10] another name for fettling

Words nearby Fettling

fetter bone, fetterbush, fetterlock, fettle, fettler, fettling, fettuccine, fettuccine alfredo, fettucine, fetus, fetus papyraceus

Origin of Fettling

e1300–50; Middle English fetle to shape, prepare, back formation from fetled, Old English *fetelede girded up, equivalent to fetel belt + -ede -ed2

Word origin for Fettling

eC14 (in the sense: to put in order): back formation from fetled girded up, from Old English fetel belt