Part 4269

<h1>Fetterless</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Fet"ter*less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Free from fetters.</def>

<i>Marston.</i>

<h1>Fettle</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Fet"tle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OE. & Prov. E., to fettle (in sense 1), <ets>fettle</ets>, <tt>n.</tt>, order, repair, preparation, dress; prob. akin to E. <ets>fit</ets>. See <er>Fit</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>1. To repair; to prepare; to put in order.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Carlyle.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Metal.)</fld> <def>To cover or line with a mixture of ore, cinders, etc., as the hearth of a puddling furnace.</def>

<h1>Fettle</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Fet"tle</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Fettle</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Fet"tle</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of fettling.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Wright.</i>

<cs><col>In fine fettle</col>, <cd>in good spirits.</cd></cs>

<h1>Fettling</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Fet"tling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Metal.)</fld> <def>A mixture of ore, cinders, etc., used to line the hearth of a puddling furnace.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> <altsp>[It is commonly called <asp>fix</asp> in the United States.]</altsp>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Pottery)</fld> <def>The operation of shaving or smoothing the surface of undried clay ware.</def>

<h1>Fetuous</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Fet"u*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Neat; feat.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Herrick.</i>

<h1>Fetus</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Fe"tus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Fetuses</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>fetus</ets>, <ets>foetus</ets>, a bringing forth, brood, offspring, young ones, cf. <ets>fetus</ets> fruitful, fructified, that is or was filled with young; akin to E. <ets>fawn</ets> a deer, <ets>fecundity</ets>, <ets>felicity</ets>, <ets>feminine</ets>, <ets>female</ets>, and prob. to do, or according to others, to <ets>be</ets>.]</ety> <def>The young or embryo of an animal in the womb, or in the egg; often restricted to the later stages in the development of viviparous and oviparous animals, <i>embryo</i> being applied to the earlier stages.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>f\'d2tus</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Fetwah</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Fet"wah</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ar.]</ety> <def>A written decision of a Turkish mufti on some point of law.</def><-- written also fatwah -->

<i>Whitworth.</i>

<h1>Feu</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Feu</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See 2d <er>Feud</er>, and <er>Fee</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld> <def>A free and gratuitous right to lands made to one for service to be performed by him; a tenure where the vassal, in place of military services, makes a return in grain or in money.</def>

<i>Burrill.</i>