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31past mending — index irredeemable, irremediable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
32fence-mending — UK / US noun [uncountable] an attempt to become friends again with someone who you have argued with Derived word: fence mending UK / US adjective …
33a woman and a ship ever want mending — Cf. PLAUTUS Poenulus II. 210–15 negoti sibi qui volet vim parare, navem et mulierem, haec duo comparato... Neque umquam satis hae duae res ornantur, neque is ulla ornandi satis satietas est, whoever wants to acquire a lot of trouble should get… …
34fence-mending — [fens′men΄diŋ] n. the act or process of repairing or reestablishing relations, as between political factions …
35fence mending — noun social action to improve poor relations (especially in politics) they moved forward from a period of fence mending to substantive changes in the country • Hypernyms: ↑social action …
36road-mending — roadˈ mending noun • • • Main Entry: ↑road …
37fence-mending — noun Date: 1947 the rehabilitating of a deteriorated political relationship …
38net mending — the repair of nets, usually by hand …
39Japanese mending tissue — A very thin, strong, transparent tissue paper, used by art conservators to strengthen old or worn paper or to repair tears in paper. Also see art conservation …
40fence-mending — fence′ mend ing n. cvb inf the reestablishing or improving of contacts or relationships, esp. in politics, as after a dispute or estrangement • Etymology: 1940–45; amer …