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of Botch
In a clumsy manner.
One who mends or patches, esp. a tailor or cobbler.
A young salmon; a grilse.
A clumsy or careless workman; a bungler.
Bungling; awkward.
A botching, or that which is done by botching; clumsy or careless workmanship.
of Botch
of Botch
Marked with botches; full of botches; poorly done.
Payment of any kind.
A privilege or allowance of necessaries.
Compensation; amends; satisfaction; expiation; as, man bote, a compensation or a man slain.
Unavailing; in vain. See Bootless.
A dipterous insect of the family (Estridae, of many different species, some of which are particularly troublesome to domestic animals, as the horse, ox, and sheep, on which they deposit their eggs. A common species is one of the botflies of the horse (Gastrophilus equi), the larvae of which (bots) are taken into the stomach of the animal, where they live several months and pass through their larval states. In tropical America one species sometimes lives under the human skin, and another in the stomach. See Gadfly.
The one and the other; the two; the pair, without exception of either.
As well; not only; equally.
A factotum.
One who, or that which, bothers; state of perplexity or annoyance; embarrassment; worry; disturbance; petty trouble; as, to be in a bother.
To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.