Fettling

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Metallurgy Fettle.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. Present participle of fettle.
  • n. A mixture of ore, cinders, etc., used to line the hearth of a puddling furnace.
  • n. The operation of shaving or smoothing the surface of undried clay ware.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A mixture of ore, cinders, etc., used to line the hearth of a puddling furnace.
  • n. The operation of shaving or smoothing the surface of undried clay ware.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In metallurgy, the lining of the hearth forming the working-bed of the puddling-furnace.
  • n. The repairing or preparation of a machine or part of a machine.
  • n. The process of cleaning castings after they leave the foundry sand, including the chipping off of runners, fins, and scabs, filing rough spots, cleaning sand from the surfaces, and cleaning out cores.
  • n. The repairing of the hearth of a puddling-furnace by the use of iron ore rich in oxygen.
  • n. In ceramics, the process of evening the glaze on the surface of biscuit-ware before it is tired in the glost-kiln.
    • Word Usage
    "I have heard the people here talk of "fettling" the hearth when they mean "clean up.""
    Verb Stem
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