#490 fettle

fettle- to remove irregularities from a cast component; to put a finishing touch to; state of health, spirits, as in in fine fettle

C14 fetled girded up, from Old English fetel belt

I foolishly left the information brochures at home and had to fettle up something rough-and-ready on my iPad.

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