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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

To leave no rubs nor botches in the work. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Botched p. pr. & vb. n. Botching. ] [ See Botch, n. ] 1. To mark with, or as with, botches. [ 1913 Webster ]

Young Hylas, botched with stains. Garth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To repair; to mend; esp. to patch in a clumsy or imperfect manner, as a garment; -- sometimes with up. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sick bodies . . . to be kept and botched up for a time. Robynson (More's Utopia). [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To put together unsuitably or unskillfully; to express or perform in a bungling manner; to bungle; to spoil or mar, as by unskillful work. [ 1913 Webster ]

For treason botched in rhyme will be thy bane. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a clumsy manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who mends or patches, esp. a tailor or cobbler. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A clumsy or careless workman; a bungler. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) A young salmon; a grilse. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bungling; awkward. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A botching, or that which is done by botching; clumsy or careless workmanship. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Marked with botches; full of botches; poorly done. “This botchy business.” Bp. Watson. [ 1913 Webster ]