repair shop (reparshop)

A building devoted to the making of repairs, as in the rolling-stock of a railway. repand (re-pand'), a. back, turned up, re-, back, + pand us, bent, crooked, curved.] In bot., or wavy-mar IMG:content-1974.png:[blocks in formation] two always go on together. H. Spencer , Prin. of Psychol., § 37. 2. Good or sound condition kept up by repair qualifying term, con reo ify (re-os'i-fi), v. i. [ o ify again. Lancet, No. 3487, p. 1424. reotrope, n. See rheotrope. repl (rep), n. [Also repp, reps; origin unknown; supposed to be a corruption of rib.] A corded fabric the cords of which run acro the width of the stuff. Silk rep is used for women's dre es, ecclesiastical vestments, etc., and is narrow; woolen rep is used for upholstery and curtains, and is about a yard and a half wide. It is sometimes figured, but more often dyed in plain colors. The reception-room of these ladies was respectable in threadbare bru els and green reps . Howells , A Woman's Reason, viii. IMG:content-1975.png:[blocks in formation] Nev . Madam, have you heard that Lady Queasy was lately at the play-house incog? Lady Smart . What! Lady Queasy of all women in the world! Do you say it upon rep ? Nev. Pozz; I saw her with my own eyes. rep. Same as repet. Swift , Polite Conversation, i. dition as regards repairing: as, a building in good or bad repair. Her sparkling Eyes she still retains, And Teeth in good Repair . Congreve, Doris. within the All highways, causeways, and bridges bounds of any town shall be kept in repair and amended at the proper charge and expense of such town. R. 1. Pub . Stats ., ch. 65, § 1. 31. Reparation for wrong; amends. In the quier make his repayer openly, and crave for givene of the other vicars choral and clerks. Quoted in Contemporary Rev. , LIII. 60. 4t. Attire; apparel. Rial repeire , riche roobis, and rent, What mowe the i helpe me at myn eende? Political Poems , etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 201. repair2 (rē-par'), v . i . [ repairen , repeir en , reparen , repairer , rep airier , repcirer , reparer , reperer , return, come back, retire, tr. get back to, regain, lodge in, haunt, frequent; prob. the same, in a restricted use, as Sp. rep a triar = It. rip a tri are , return to one's country, rep a tri are , return to one's country, patria , native land: see patria , and cf. repatriate. The It. repararsi , frequent, repair to, is a reflexive use of reparar , shelter, defend, place; betake one's self; resort: as, to a sanctuary for safety. repace (re-pās), v. t. [ IMG:content-1976.png:[blocks in formation] crooked. Though they [pictures] be drawn rep an do us , or convexedly crooked in one piece, yet the dolphin that carrieth Arion is concavously inverted. Sir T. Browne , Vulg. Err., v. 2. reparability (rep"a-ra-bil'i-ti), n. [ repara ble + -ity (see- bility ).] The state or property of being reparable. eparable (rep'a-ra-bl), a. [ An adulterous person is tied to restitution of the injury so far as it is reparable and can be made to the wronged Jer. Taylor, Holy Living, iii. § 4, 9. IMG:content-1977.png:[blocks in formation] reparailt, v. See reparel . reparation (rep-a-ra's hon), n . [ repara- cioun , cioun , reparacyoun , reparacion , reparation , F. réparation . = Pr. Sp. reparacion = Pg . re- paração = It. riparazione , rep a ratio ( n- ) , a restoration, reparare , restore, repair: see repair1.] 1. The act of repairing; repair; res- to ration; upbuilding. [Now rare.] And feyned reparaciouns . Ymade than greynes be of sondes. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-1979.png:[blocks in formation] F. repa er , pa again, iron, set, hone, grind, = Sp . repasar = Pg. repa ar = It. rip a are , repa are , pa back, return, re- , back, + ML. pa are , pa , go: see pa .] I. in trans . To pa or go back; move back: used specifi- cally by conjurers or jugglers. Five girdles bind the skies: the torrid zone Glows with the pa ing and repa ing sun. II. trans . To pa again, in any sense. Well have we pa 'd and now repa 'd the seas, And brought desired help. Shak ., 3 Hen. VI., iv. 7. 5. The bill was thoroughly revised, discu ed, and repa ed a little more than one year afterwards. The Century , XXXVII. 559. repa age (re-pas'āj), n. [OF. repa age , F. repa age (ML.reflex repa agium ), a returning, ironing, setting, honing, whetting, raking, etc., repa er , return: see repa .] 1. The act of repa ing; a pa ing again; pa age back.-2. In gilding , the proce of pa ing a second coat of deadening glue as a finish over dead or un- burnished surfaces. Gilder's Manual , p. 24. repa ant (rē-pas'ant), a . [ F.repa ant , ppr. of repa er , repa : see repa .] In her ., same as counter - pa ant . IMG:content-1980.png:[blocks in formation] repartee (rep-är-tē ́), v . i . [ repartee , n . ] Το make ready and witty replies. High Flights she had, and Wit at Will, And so her Tongue lay seldom still; For in all Visits who but she an effect by one body from another which is more manifestly affected by the action than the former. rep as , F. rep as , a repast, meal (= Sp. repasto , increase of food), repast us , a meal, past us , food: see pasture .] 1. A meal; the act of taking food. What neat repast shall feast us, light and choice, Of Attick taste, with wine? Milton , To Mr. Lawrence. And hie him home, at evening's close, To sweet repast , and calm repose. Go, and get me some repast , I care not what, so it be wholesome food. A buck was then a week's repast , And 'twas their point, I ween, to make it last. 31. Refreshment through sleep; repose. Forthwith he runnes with feigned faith full hast Unto his guest, who, after troublous sights And dreames, gan now to take more sound repast ; Whom suddenly he wakes. repagar It. ripagare , pay back; as re- + pay1 .] I. trans . 1. To pay back; refund. In common worldly things, 'tis call'd ungrateful With dull unwillingne to repay a debt. He will repay you; money can be repaid ; Not kindne such as yours. IMG:content-1981.png:[blocks in formation] 'Tis not the grapes of Canaan that repay , But the high faith that failed not by the way. Lowell , Comm. Ode. repayable (re-pa'a-bl), a . [ repay + -able .] That may or must be repaid; subject to repay- ment or refunding: as, money lent, repayable at the end of sixty days. Yet may ye weel repele this busyne e, And to res on sumwhat haue attendance. repastt (re-past'), v . [= Sp. Pg. repastar , feed 2t. To give up; dismi . again: from the noun.] I. trans . To feed; feast. To his good friends thus wide I'll ope my arms, And, like the kind life-rendering pelican, Repast them with my blood. Shak ., Hamlet, iv. 5. 147. He then also, as before, left arbitrary the dyeting and repasting of our minds. Milton , Areopagitica, p. 16. past. They doe plye theire commons, lyke quick and greed ye re- Thee stagg vpbreaking they slit to the dulcet or inchepyn. Stan i hurst , Æneid, i. past ours , Which my liege Lady seeing thought it best With that his wife in friendly wise to deale, And all forepast displeasures to repeale . repeal Divers laws had been made, which, upon experience, were repealed , as being neither safe nor equal. Winthrop , Hist. New England, I. 380. The land, once lean,.. Exults to see its thistly curse repeal'd . Cowper , Task, vi, 768. 5082 plied to the revolver, but is now rarely so used.] -Repeating instrument, a geodetical or other optical instrument upon which the measurement of the angle can be repeated, beginning at the point of the limb where the last measurement ended, so as to eliminate in great measure the errors of graduation. Repeating rifle. See repeating firearm, above. - Repeating ship. Same as repeater, 6 ( a ). A law for paying debts in lands or chattels was repealed repeat (re-pēt'), n. [ repeat , v.] 1. The act within eight months of its enactment. Bancroft, Hist. Const., I. 234. =Syn. 3. Annul , Rescind , etc. See abolish , and list under abrogate .