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as if with red or bloody hands; -- said of a person taken in the act of homicide; hence, fresh from the commission of crime; as, he was taken red-hand or red-handed.

The goggle-eye, or fresh-water rock bass. [Local, U.S.]

To restore after hunger or fatique; to refresh. [Archaic] Sir T. Browne.

Refreshment after hunger or fatique; a repast; a lunch. [His] feeble spirit inly felt refection. Spenser. Those Attic nights, and those refections of the gods. Curran.

Refreshing; restoring.

A room for refreshment; originally, a dining hall in monasteries or convents.

To refresh; to revive. [Obs.] Aubrey.

Restoration of strength by refreshment. [Obs.] Middleton.

A rubbing up afresh; a brightening. [Obs.] A continual refrication of the memory. Bp. Hall.

or car (Railroad), a freight car constructed as a refrigerator, for the transportation of fresh meats, fish, etc., in a temperature kept cool by ice.

Cooling refreshment; refrigeration. [Obs.] South.

The act of regaling; anything which regales; refreshment; entertainment.

To remove the outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so as to give it a fresh appearance.

To give fresh spirit to.

ing when required; to keep in mind; to be continually aware or thoughtful of; to preserve fresh in the memory; to attend to; to think of with gratitude, affection, respect, or any other emotion. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Ex. xx. 8. That they may have their wages duly paid 'em, And something over to rem…

The opportunity of, or things necessary for, remounting; specifically, a fresh horse, with his equipments; as, to give one a remount.

To make new again; to restore to freshness, perfection, or vigor; to give new life to; to rejuvenate; to re In such a night Medea gathered the enchanted herbs That did renew old Shak.

To make over again; to restore to freshness or vigor; to renew. All nature feels the reniovating force Of winter. Thomson.

as, to repair a house, a road, a shoe, or a ship; to repair a shattered fortune. Secret refreshings that repair his strength. Milton. Do thou, as thou art wont, repair My heart with gladness. Wordsworth.

That which is taken as food; a meal; figuratively, any refreshment. "Sleep . . . thy best repast." Denham. Go and get me some repast. Shak.