Botch — Defs

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

pl. Botches

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.

02 v. t. To mark with, or as with, botches.

imp. & p. p. Botched; p. pr. & vb. n. Botching

1.
To mark with, or as with, botches.
“Young Hylas, botched with stains.” — Garth.
2.
To repair; to mend; esp. to patch in a clumsy or imperfect manner, as a garment; -- sometimes with up.
“Sick bodies . . . to be kept and botched up for a time.” — Robynson (More's Utopia).
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.
“For treason botched in rhyme will be thy bane.” — Dryden.