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Noun: fettling  fet-ling
  1. The process of cleaning, trimming, or repairing an object, especially in metalworking
    "The ceramic pieces required careful fettling before firing"
     
  2. A mixture used to line furnaces or moulds in metalworking
    "They applied a new fettling to protect the furnace lining"
Verb: fettle  fe-t(u)l
  1. Remove mould marks or sand from (a casting)
    "The metalworker fettled the rough edges of the cast iron piece"

Derived forms: fettlings

Type of: get rid of, remove

Encyclopedia: Fettling