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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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REPAIR, n. Sc. usages:

1. A gathering of people, a concourse; a frequent coming or going. Obs. or arch. in Eng.Sc. 1808 Jam.:
We still say of a street, which is retired from the bustle of a town, that there is not much repair in it.Sc. 1815 Scott Guy M. xxxi.:
The footpath leading there was well beaten by the repair of those who frequented it for pastime.Kcb. 1896 Crockett Grey Man xiv.:
He could not abide any repair of people coming and going with him on his journeying.

2. A resort, a stay or sojourn, in Sc. used of a staying in or at a place as opposed to Eng. a going to.Sc. 1812 Byron Childe Harold I. xxii.:
On sloping mounds, or in the vale beneath, Are domes where whilome kings did make repair.Per. 1895 H. Haliburton Dunbar 100:
For, on no wise, will I repair have here.