English English Dictionary

A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection; a boil; an eruptive disease.

A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner.

Work done in a bungling manner; a clumsy performance; a piece of work, or a place in work, marred in the doing, or not properly finished; a bungle.

To mark with, or as with, botches.

To repair; to mend; esp. to patch in a clumsy or imperfect manner, as a garment; -- sometimes with up.

To put together unsuitably or unskillfully; to express or perform in a bungling manner; to spoil or mar, as by unskillful work.