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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Botch

Bōtch, n.

noun

n. [Cf. Fr. bosse, Pr. bossa, bump, swelling; It. bozza, a swelling. Cf. Boss, BODGE, and PATCH.] 1. A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection. Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss. Milton.

  1. A patch, or part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner.
  2. Work done in a bungling manner; a clumsy performance; a part imperfectly finished.

Leave no rubs or botches in the work. Shak. If those words are not notorious botches, I am deceived. Dryden.

Bōtch, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. BOTCHED (bŏtcht); p. pr. & vb. n. BOTCHING.]

  1. To mend or patch with a needle or an awl, in a clumsy manner, as a garment; to mend or repair awkwardly, as a system of government. Hudibras.
  2. To put together unsuitably or unskillfully; to express or perform in a bungling manner.

For treason botched in rhyme will be thy bane. Dryden. 3. To mark with botches. Young Hylas, botched with stains. Garth.