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单词 fettling
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fettling

[ fet-ling ]
/ ˈfɛt lɪŋ /

noun Metallurgy.

the material with which the hearth of a puddling furnace is lined, usually a dolomite or refractory mixture.

Origin of fettling

First recorded in 1860–65; fettle + -ing1

Words nearby fettling

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Example sentences from the Web for fettling

  • I have heard the people here talk of "fettling" the hearth when they mean "clean up."

    Sarah's School Friend|May Baldwin

  • He is getting his saddle altered: fettling about this and that; does not consider what danger he is in.

    History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. VII. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle

British Dictionary definitions for fettling

fettling
/ (ˈfɛtlɪŋ) /

noun

a refractory material used to line the hearth of puddling furnacesAlso called: fettle
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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