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[ Permit our ships a shelter on your shores, Refitted from your woods with planks and oars. Dryden , Eneid, i. 777. We landed, in order to refit our ve els and store ourselves with provisions. Add is on , Frozen Words. 2. To fit out or provide anew. II. in trans. To repair damages, especially damages of ships. Having received some Damage by a Storm, we...put in here to refit before we could adventure to go farther. Dampier, Voyages, I. 418. At each place [Tampa Bay and Pensacola Bay] we have a railroad terminus, while at the latter harbor are ample means for refitting. Jour. of Mil. Service Inst ., X. 586.