A state of physical condition; kilter or trim.

One's mental state; spirits.

Sand used to line a furnace.

(ceramics) A seam line left by the meeting of mould pieces.

(UK, dialectal) The act of fettling.

(Cumbria, Tyneside) A person's mood or state, often assuming the worst.

(especially Northern England) To sort out, to fix, to mend, to repair.

(intransitive) To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business.

(transitive) To line the hearth of a furnace with sand prior to pouring molten metal.

(reflexive, Tyneside) To be upset or in a bad mood.

In ceramics, to remove (as by sanding) the seam lines left by the meeting of two molds.

(transitive, archaic) To prepare.