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To earn. [Obs.] See Addle, to earn. Boucher.

One living in the back or outlying districts of a community. The English backsettlers of Leinster and Munster. Macaulay.

Destitute of mettle, that is, or fire or spirit. [R.] Llewellyn.

To unsettle. [Obs.]

The act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled. Marvell.

The act of fettling. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. In fine fettle, in good spirits.

Having abundance of mettle; ardent; full of fire; as, a high- mettled steed.

wide mouth, often without a cover, used for heating and boiling water or other liguids. Kettle pins, ninepins; skittles. [Obs.] Shelton. -- Kettle stitch (Bookbinding), the stitch made in sewing at the head and tail of a book. Knight.

A drum made of thin copper in the form of a hemispherical kettle, with parchment stretched over the mouth of it.

One who plays on a kettledrum.

disposition; -- usually in a good sense. A certain critical hour which shall... try what mettle his heart is made of. South. Gentlemen of brave mettle. Shak. The winged courser, like a generous horse, Shows most true mettle when you check his course. Pope. To put one one's mettle, to cause or incite one to use one's be…

Having mettle; high-spirited; ardent; full of fire. Addison.

Full of spirit; possessing constitutional ardor; fiery; as, a mettlesome horse. -- Met"tle*some*ly, adv. -- Met"tle*some*ness, n.

Dull-spirited. Shak.

s and U. dioica, are also found in the Eastern united States. U. pilulifera is the Roman nettle of England.

the European whitethroat. [Prov. Eng.]

One who nettles. [R.] Milton.

The halves of yarns in the unlaid end of a rope twisted for pointing or grafting.

One who settles at a distance, or away, from others.

To settle again. Swift.