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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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