(n.) A mixture of ore, cinders, etc., used to line the hearth of a puddling furnace.
(n.) The operation of shaving or smoothing the surface of undried clay ware.
Example Sentences:
(1) It was a surprise and delight to find something locally grown and in fine fettle.
(2) A separate Haldane “ecstasy index”, based on economic growth, unemployment and inflation, suggests Britain is in “fine fettle.” But wage growth paints a different picture, with earnings remaining stubbornly weak.
(3) But everyone in the team has been in good humour and fettle.
(4) Apparently, Bruce McAvaney tells me, his fastest serve at the tournament was 219, so he's in fine fettle.
(5) My mother, a very good cook indeed, had not, to my knowledge, a book of hers anywhere in the house when I was fettling away at the Aga in my early to late teens.
(6) This method was used to compare the duration of employment in the industry, in "dust exposed" jobs, in "fume exposed" jobs, in foundry area jobs, in fettling shop jobs, and in foundry area or fettling shop jobs, of those dying from cancers of the stomach and lung with those of all matching survivors.
(7) Well it's not showing on your figure, Chris, you look to be in fine fettle.
(8) oh god May 14, 2014 Boy George (@BoyGeorge) I'm loving 'World Peace Is None Of Your Business @itsmorrissey in fine fettle!
(9) Russia's film industry has looked in fine fettle until recently, with homegrown films such as Day Watch and Night Watch competing with US products at the domestic box office.
(10) The adduct levels were low in men in pattern making, melting, and fettling.
(11) "We are sorry to see Matthew go," said Andrew Neil, chairman and editor in chief of the Spectator, "but he is an exceptional journalist with many demands on his talents and he leaves behind a magazine in fine fettle.
(12) Manchester United had seven recognised defenders starting the game, while Arsenal were in fine fettle, Robin van Persie fit, Andrey Arshavin performing well, and Laurent Koscielny forming a decent partnership with Johan Djourou at the back.
(13) Thanks to GBBO , cake-fettling has crept into the national consciousness – yet I somehow don't find myself being offered muffins at the pub.
(14) Public engagement on the Europe issue is in fine fettle.
(15) And, despite predictions that the event would suffer because of competition from the London Olympics, and despite complaints that it has become over-commersialised , the Fringe appears (at least at the moment) to be in as fine fettle as ever.
(16) Day One: West Ruislip to Great Missenden, nine miles Ron Ryall, wearing an oil-smudged blue boilersuit, was fettling a cream Morris Minor in his low wooden workshop on a lane where the suburbs of West Ruislip give way to scrapyards, dog kennels and horse paddocks.
(17) While question marks hang over the durability of The X Factor franchise, I'm a Celebrity is in fine fettle with the latest series the second-most watched in the show's history.
(18) Despite the ferocious tone of the battle for his party, he insisted he was “in absolutely fine fettle” and even joked about Cameron’s tribute to his cat at the outgoing prime minister’s final appearance in the Commons last week.
(19) Scotland's leader was in rude fettle on Saturday, tilting at the Tories and Labour's quislings in turn, and announcing a couple of crowd-pleasers – the establishment of a fair work commission to guarantee a minimum wage that rises with inflation and reiterating the renationalisation of Royal Mail under his government in an independent Scotland.
(20) Atos and G4S questioned by MPs: Politics live blog 10.23am GMT Jeremy Cook , chief economist of World First , the currency exchange firm, reckons the UK ended the year in 'fine fettle', even though the service sector provided much of the growth, again.... “The 0.3% fall in construction output will be a concern, but I would hope that an increased level of investment throughout 2014 should reverse this."
(n.) The native form of a metal, whether free and uncombined, as gold, copper, etc., or combined, as iron, lead, etc. Usually the ores contain the metals combined with oxygen, sulphur, arsenic, etc. (called mineralizers).
(n.) A native metal or its compound with the rock in which it occurs, after it has been picked over to throw out what is worthless.
(n.) Metal; as, the liquid ore.
Example Sentences:
(1) Three long-time and two ore three respectively shorter observations of scoliotics with syringomyelia are presented and the pertinent literature is discussed including the complex etiopathogenesis.
(2) His views were backed up by a recent survey in newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore , which listed Sicily as the worst region in Italy in quality-of-life rankings, and Palermo as the worst within the region.
(3) But Zhang described $9m of that as legitimate profit from an iron-ore deal, adding: "There are plenty of reasons to argue against the rest of the amount."
(4) Forrest noted Fortescue’s rivals Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton had a break-even price of about US$30 a tonne, and the latter announced plans on Tuesday to slash costs at its WA iron ore mines to US$16 a tonne.
(5) These could include prize iron ore mines in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
(6) Fibrous actinolite was found in unexpanded Montana vermiculite ore at a maximum concentration of 2.0%.
(7) The main works in the mine were classified as mining, dressing of ores, refining, and clerical work.
(8) Hair arsenic analysis in people living in two locations near an ore smelter and a refinery indicated high-levels compared to those of individuals residing in nonpolluted areas.
(9) In the study area, Cu and Zn emanate from sewage and boat slips (antifouling paints), while Zn probably also originates from coolant water from an electricity power generating station and iron ore exporting facilities.
(10) Microorganisms were studied by capillary microscopy in the surface layer of ooze and in the bottom layer of water in the ore field of the lake Krasnoye.
(11) For example, a post-consumer automotive catalyst has a concentration of platinum group metals (like platinum, palladium and rhodium) more than 100 times higher than in natural ores.
(12) In addition to the financial costs due to lost output and repairs at the mine, which accounts for about 10% of Brazil’s iron ore exports, BHP and Vale are expected to face steep fines as well as lawsuits at a time when iron ore prices are at their lowest point in a decade.
(13) In order to provide drainage, the catheter should be advanced under fluoroscopic control into one of the major radicles ore preferably into the distal common duct beyond the point of obstruction.
(14) Strikes are also under way at gold and iron ore mines and production of 2,000 cars was lost after a wildcat strike at the Toyota plant in Durban.
(15) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Fortescue Solomon iron ore mine in the Valley of the Kings.
(16) The hazards covered are: accidents, dust (including poisoning by certain ores), high temperature and humidity, noise and vibration, toxic gases, and miscellaneous other hazards.
(17) Forrest described the job cuts, from a workforce of about 4,500, as “personally tragic” and “heartbreaking”, but said the iron ore company was still making profits, with a break-even price of about US$39 a tonne.
(18) An elaborated model for the mining of ores, the applicability to underground workers and the comparability of loading quantities, based on the dosage measurement, are described.
(19) A ustralians are routinely being told that hefty mining taxes would hinder the country’s largest exports of coal and iron ore.
(20) While the iron ore sector went from representing 1.1% of GDP to its current share of 3.9%, the coal industry went from 1.1% of GDP to now representing about 1.4%.