BOTCH

Botch. Botch
The name given in Deut. 28:27, 35 to one of the Egyptian plagues (Ex. 9:9). The word so translated is usually rendered “boil” (q.v.).

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BOTCH. → See BOIL

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botch. Botch, v.t. to mend clumsily, mend, patch, spot

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Botch (�), n.; pl. Botches (�). [[Same as Boss a stud. For senses 2 & 3 cf. D. botsen to beat, akin to E. beat.]] 1. 1. A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection; a boil; an eruptive disease.
Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss. Milton. 2. 2. A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner.
3. 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.