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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Botch \Botch\, n.; pl {Botches}. [Same as Boss a stud. For senses 2 & 3 cf D. botsen to beat akin to E. beat.] 1. A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection; a boil; an eruptive disease. [Obs. or Dial.] Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss. --Milton. 2. A patch put on or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner. 3. 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 leave no rubs nor botches in the work --Shak.
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