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To make fair or beautiful. [Obs.] Fairing the foul. Shak.

An allowance of wood to a tenant for repairing his hedges or fences; hedgebote. See Bote. Blackstone.

The act or process of repairing lesions made by ulcers, especially by a plastic operation.

Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing. I am a woman, friendless, hopeless. Shak.

Wood allowed to a tenant for repairing the house and for fuel. This latter is often called firebote. See Bote.

The process of repairing broken feathers or a deficient wing.

tivation; as, to improve land. Donne. I love not to improve the honor of the living by impairing that of the dead. Denham.

erienced sexual intercourse; a virgin; a maid. She employed the residue of her life to repairing of highways, building of bridges, and endowing of maidens. Carew. A maiden of our century, yet most meek. Tennyson.

or creep into a drain, sewer, steam boiler, parts of machinery, etc., for cleaning or repairing.

on afflicted by any great misfortune. [Obs.] Spenser. The woeful words of a miser now despairing. Sir P. Sidney.

Pairing with several males; -- said of certain fishes of which several males accompany each female during spawning.

A tax or toll paid for building or repairing the walls of a fortified town.

Not paired with another, or remaining over after a pairing; without a mate; unmatched; single; as, an odd shoe; an odd glove.

The act of going out; an airing; an excursion; as, a summer outing.

A means of repairing a sin committed, and obtaining pardon for it, consisting partly in the performance of expiatory rites, partly in voluntary submission to a punishment corresponding to the transgression. Penance is the fourth of seven sacraments in the Roman Catholic Church. Schaff-Herzog Encyc. And bitter penance,…

applying it to building purposes; especially, the business of furnishing, fitting, and repairing pipes for conducting water, sewage, etc. Gwilt.

Pairing with more than one female. Most deer, cattle, and sheep are polygamous. Darwin.

A duty or tax paid for repairing bridges. Ayliffe.

Surplusage inserted in a pleading which may be rejected by the court without impairing the validity of what remains.

The act of repairing or resorting to a place. [R.] Chaucer. The king sent a proclamation for their repair to their houses. Clarendon.