a swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection; a boil; an eruptive disease.-a patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner.-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 mark with, or as with, botches.-to repair; to mend; esp. to patch in a clumsy or imperfect manner, as a garment; -- sometimes with up.-to put together unsuitably or unskillfully; to express or perform in a bungling manner; to spoil or mar, as by unskillful work.