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    [Noun]  | "fet*tle" | \ ˈfe-tᵊl \


    1: state or condition of health, fitness, wholeness, spirit, or form —often used in the phrase in fine fettle


    Origin: 1740 ;

     {see: |fettle:2|fettle:2};

    [Verb]  | "fettle" 


    1: to cover or line the hearth of (something, such as a reverberatory furnace) with loose material (such as sand or gravel)


    Origin: 1881 ;

     British dialect, to set in order, get ready, from Middle English fetlen to shape, prepare; perhaps akin to Old English fetian to fetch {mat|fetch|};

    [Noun]  | "fettle" 


    1: a state of being or fitness;


      * e.g., " ... a visit to the relatives on the other side of the state revealed them all to be in fine fettle "



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    [Phrase]  | "in fine fettle" 


    1: enjoying health and vigor;


      * e.g., " ... Her doctor told her she was in fine fettle and had nothing to worry about. "





     [ "fettle" ]

    1: (verb) To modify, alter, change or touch up something.

      * e.g.,  ... Monkey A: Dude have you finished with that code? 

     [ "fettle" ]

    1: to fettle is to perform a sexual act on somebody.

      * e.g.,  ... "Ey-up our Eli! Did`st thi end up avin a fettle wi that bintfrompt behind t`bar last neet?" 

     [ "fettle" ]

    1: To fall into a very sleepy or sleeping state, a wasted kind of state, often after smoking too much.

      * e.g.,  ... If someone was to fall asleep with their head in a bowl of porridge, they could be said to have "fettled hard". 

     [ "fettle" ]

    1: to fuck.

      * e.g.,  ... i fettled that bitch lastnight. she was nasty. 


     [ "fettle" ]

    2: to fuck an ugly girl.


     [ "fettle" ]

    3: It comes from the steel industry originaly, as it means 'to scrape the slag out of furnaces'.

     [ "fettle" ]

    1: to let the fat settle

      * e.g.,  ... "Oh man i ate too much, i need to get my fettle on." 

     [ "fettling" ]

    1: giving something a good clean. (yorkshire/northern english)

      * e.g.,  ... by 'eck, t'back parlour were filthy. It looks reet gradely now i've gi'n it a good fettling. 


     [ "fettling" ]

    2: not to be confused with furtling, which is something else altogether.

     [ "Fettle" ]

    1: To puke from drinking too much. Other drugs may be involved but it is a strictly alcohol based stunt.

      * e.g.,  ... Nick: I feel fine! *Fettles in sink* 


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    2: It is an act that should be embraced totally and appreciated by all. If it is only a mild fettle, as in you puke a little but don't mong, then it is recomended you keep on drinking.

      * e.g.,  ... Afro Jim: "Incoherrant mumbling" *Crawls for toilet* 


     [ "Fettle" ]

    3: In the event of someone fettling, it is a courtesy to then sing "For he's a jolly good fettle" to the tune of "He's a jolly good fellow."


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    4: Fettles usually lead to hard monging, passing out and periods of forgetfulness and general confusion.


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    5: Fettles aproach differently for different people.


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    6: Some come sudden and unexpected, most ammusing if a person has to improvise what they will fettle into. Favourate choices for these are sinks or buckets.


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    7: However, the worst kind of fettle will start with a simple queazy feeling in your stomache. The feeling will grow and before too long it will be time and you will know when it is time.


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    8: If people are not too drunk to move at this stage they will usually make a crawl for an out door spot out of the path or more traditionally a toilet.


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    9: When outdoors, bushes, bridges and rivers, for the daring, are good choices for fettle spots, however this choice lacks a mark that would be made by a straight out fettle in a public place that you would later be able to look at and say "I did that"


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    10: The effects of fettling whilst not being able to move are disasterous.


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    11: Don't let people pass out in sacred rooms if you fear a fettle. Move them outside, to a toilet or stick them in a bath to bathe in their own filth, those bastads.


     [ "Fettle" ]

    12: In extreme cases, be willing to run ahead of fettlers as they may be lacking the ability to lift toilet seats and open doors.

     [ "Fettle" ]

    1: Someone who pussies out of something.

      * e.g.,  ... "Hey Lol, weren't you gonna get Howard Five alive style." "Nah, I'm scared" "You fettle lol!!' 

     [ "Fettle" ]

    1: To have a long drawn out state of painful horrid vomiting, through drinking/smoking too much. often ending in the person fettling (the fettle-ee, or fettlemonster) passing out and sleeping in a puddle of their own vomit

      * e.g.,  ... Me: dude are you alright you look like you're going to fettle  

     [ "fettled" ]

    1: fettled or when you fettle is the act of somebody throwing up or pukeing,

      * e.g.,  ... eg: jimmy had a whole 3 blunts to himself then he fettled everywhere 

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