Mettle — est un EP de Leila sorti en mai 2008 chez Warp Records pour l annonce de son prochain album Blood, Looms and Blooms. Mettle, seul, figure dans l album. Il n existe qu en vinyle, la version cd est une promo. Liste des morceaux Mettle (4:23) Heaven … Wikipédia en Français
mettle — ► NOUN ▪ spirit and resilience in the face of difficulty. ● be on one s mettle Cf. ↑be on one s mettle ORIGIN variant spelling of METAL(Cf. ↑metal) … English terms dictionary
mettle — [met′ l] n. [var. of METAL, used fig.] quality of character or temperament; esp., high quality of character; spirit; courage; ardor on one s mettle roused or prepared to do one s best … English World dictionary
Mettle — Mettle, das, Felsengruppe im Ursernthal des Schweizercantons Uri, um welche sich die Gotthardsstraße windet … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
mettle — index character (personal quality), frame (mood), prowess (bravery), spirit Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
mettle — (n.) 1580s, variant spelling of METAL (Cf. metal), both forms used interchangeably (by Shakespeare and others) in the literal sense and in the figurative one of stuff of which a person is made (1550s) until the spellings and senses diverged early … Etymology dictionary
mettle — *courage, spirit, resolution, tenacity Analogous words: *fortitude, backbone, sand, grit, pluck, guts: nerve, hardihood, *temerity, audacity: gallantry, valor, *heroism … New Dictionary of Synonyms
mettle — [n] boldness, strength of character animation, ardor, backbone, bravery, caliber, courage, daring, dauntlessness, disposition, energy, fire, force, fortitude, gallantry, gameness, grit*, guts*, hardihood, heart*, indomitability, kidney*, life*,… … New thesaurus
mettle — met|tle [ˈmetl] n [U] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: metal] 1.) courage and determination to do something even when it is very difficult test/show/prove your mettle ▪ a crisis which will test the prime minister s mettle 2.) on your mettle BrE if you… … Dictionary of contemporary English
mettle — [[t]me̱t(ə)l[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT: usu poss N Someone s mettle is their ability to do something well in difficult circumstances. His first important chance to show his mettle came when he opened the new session of the Legislature... For both sides,… … English dictionary
