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um, or sound of a trumpet or bugle, at night, giving notice to soldiers to retreat, or to repair to their quarters in garrison, or to their tents in camp. The Devil's tattoo. See under Devil.

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

A headquarters for torpedo vessels and their supplies, usually having facilities for repairs and for instruction and experiments. The principal torpedo station of the United States is at Newport, R.I.

ouch the wind (Naut.), to keep the ship as near the wind as possible. -- To touch up, to repair; to improve by touches or emendation.

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

stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, till toll is paid for keeping the road in repair; a tollgate.

An operation for the repair of an injury or a defect in the walls of the urethra. -- U*re`thro*plas"tic, a.

as a shoe, with new upper leather; hence, to piece, as any old thing, with a new part; to repair; to patch; -- often followed by up. I had never much hopes of your vamped play. Swift.

es in England, a body composed of householders who pay poor rates. Its duties include the repair of churches, care of highways, the appointment of certain officers, etc. -- Select vestry, a select number of persons chosen in large and populous English parishes to represent and manage the concerns of the parish for one…

One whose occupation is to make and repair watches.

A man whose occupation is to make or repair wheels and wheeled vehicles, as carts, wagons, and the like.

ithin an hour; not exceeding in quantity; as, expenses kept within one's income. "That he repair should again within a little while." Chaucer. Within these five hours lived Lord Hastings, Untainted, unexamined, free, at liberty. Shak.