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Act of repairing.

Repairing, or tending to repair. Jer. Taylor.

ne who saps; specifically (Mil.), one who is employed in working at saps, building and repairing fortifications, and the like.

An instrument drawn by oxen or horses, used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, canals etc.

food, or confinement for a long time to a limited range of food, which is incapable of repairing the waste of the system. It was formerly prevalent among sailors and soldiers. Scurvy grass Etym: [Scurvy + grass; or cf. Icel. skarfakal scurvy grass.] (Bot.) A kind of cress (Cochlearia officinalis) growing along the seac…

selection which results from certain individuals of one sex having more opportunities of pairing with the other sex, on account of greater activity, strength, courage, etc.; applied likewise to that kind of evolution which results from such sexual preferences. Darwin. In these cases, therefore, natural selection seems…

; worn out; having lost energy or motive force. Now thou seest me Spent, overpowered, despairing of success. Addison. Heaps of spent arrows fall and strew the ground. Dryden.

In the game of casino, a pairing or combining of all the cards on the board, and so removing them all; in whist, the winning of all the tricks (thirteen) in a hand; a slam.

Pertaining to the state of pairing together sexually; -- said of animals during periods of procreation and while rearing their offspring. Morgan.

A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.

Brushwood and thorns for making and repairing hedges. [Obs. Eng.]

voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways.

ished by law, in order to collect from the users tolls to defray the cost of building, repairing, etc.

ing and enjoying the profits of an estate or other thing belonging to another, without impairing the substance. Burrill.

loose and popular sense, any visible diffused substance floating in the atmosphere and impairing its transparency, as smoke, fog, etc. The vapour which that fro the earth glood [glided]. Chaucer. Fire and hail; snow and vapors; stormy wind fulfilling his word. Ps. cxlviii. 8.