ALMONDBURT AND HUDDERSFIELD. 45 Fender) a careful pioyider. A cow or horse which takes pains to find all the choice or eatahle portions of a meadow is a good fender. Fending (used adjectively), industrious. Fent, a fag end of cloth ; a portion woven after the piece is com- pleted, three-quarters or a yard long. Formerly weavers claimed the ferU from every warp, ostensihly to help to clothe the children. Fest, to fasten, tie, or bind; but especially used of binding an apprentice, who is said to hefessted, [^Fested = fastened {Prick of Conwdence, 1. 6296).— W. W. S.J Festen (pronounced /e9«^; gl, fes*n), to fasten. Fettle, to clean ; set in order, &c A person when fully dressed is fettled ; so is a room when set in order ; polished or clean shoes are fettled. The word occurs in the History of Sir John Eland of EUind^ ver. 106: ' Beaumont of Quarmby saw all this. And Lockwood, where they stood ; Th&Y fettled them to fence I wis, And shot as they were wood/ Again in Robin Hood and Guy of Oishome, ver. 67 :
- Then John he took Guye' s bow in his hand,
TTiH boltes and arrows eche one ; When the SherifFe saw Little John bend his bow H.e fettled him to be gone.* Fettled is also applied to ale or porter which has been refined or bottled ; and also to the same liquids warmed over the fire in a tin vessel (specially made for the purpose in the shape of a large extin- guisher), and seasoned with sugar and nutmeg. A well-known eccentric character of Almondbury, B. 'K.^ once tried an experiment with a dean shoe and a dirty one, and found there was little difference at the end of the day. ' W'at's t* use, then,* said he,
- o' all this fetUin* o' yor shooin ? '
Fettle, sb. A field in good order is in good fettle, Fettler, one who cleans up : especially one whose business it is to dean machinery, engines, &o. Few, pronounced fcHX), or fe^o (gl, fai'uo), as two syllables. The expression 'a good few^ means what is elsewhere called *a good many.' It is also curiously used in connection with broth, soup, pomd^e, bread and milk, &o, * Will ye tak' a few ^ ' is an ordinary mvitation; but I am not aware that the substantive to which it refers often follows in the sentence. Fiok, to struggle with the feet ; to kick about. Fidge, vb, to move about uneasily ; to fidget. Fight, vb. pronounced /o^.
