To Fetyl, _v. n._ To join closely. See G. _factil. ligamen._--Wyntown.
Fettil, Fettle, s. Energy, power.--S.B.
To Fettle, _v. a._ To tie up.--S.
Fettle, _adj._ 1. Neat, tight.--S.B. 2. Low in stature, but
well-knit.--S.B.
Fetous, _adj._ Neat, trim.
Fetously, _adv._ Featly.
Jamieson's _Dictionary_, abridged 8vo. edition. Fettle, _v._ To put in
order, to repair or mend any thing that is broken or defective.
I am inclined to consider it as from the same root as Feat,--viz. Sue
Got. _fatt_, apt, ready. Swed. _fatt_, disposed, inclined; _fatta_, to
comprehend.--Brockett's _Glossary_.
_Ptolemy of Alexandria_.--Your correspondent, "QUERY," wishes to be
informed what works of Ptolemy have been translated. The following, as
far as I can learn, is a list of them, viz.:--
"The Compost of Ptholomeus, Prynce of Astronomye, translated out of
the Frenche into Englysshe." London, printed by Robert Wyer, no
date, 12mo. There is also another edition of the same work, London,
printed by T. Colwell, without date, 12mo.
"The Bounding of Greece-Land, according to Ptolomeus; Englished out
of the Greek, by Thos. Wilson." London, 1570, 4to.
N.B. This is included in Wilson's translation of Demosthenes'
_Olynthiacs_.
"The Geography of Ptolemy, so far as it relates to Britain; in
Greek and English, with observations by J. Horsley." London, 1732,
folio.
N.B. This forms a part of the _Britannia Romana_.
"Quadripartite; or Four Books concerning the Influence of the
Stars, faithfully rendered into English, from Leo Allatius; with
Notes, explaining the most difficult and obscure Passages, by John
Whalley." London, 1701 and 1786, 12mo.
"Tetrabiblos, or Quadripartite; being Four Books, of the Influence
of the Stars, newly translated from the Greek Paraphrase of
Proclus; with a Preface, explanatory Notes, and an Appendix
containing Extracts from the Almagest of Ptolemy, and the whole of
his Colloquy, &c. by J.M. Ashmand." London, 1822, 8vo.
I am indebted to Watt's _Bibliotheca Britannica_ for the titles of the
first three of these works. The others I have in my possession.