BOTCH (2)

botch (2). Botch, n. a bile, ulcer, sore, swelling, patchwork

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Botch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Botched (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Botching.] [[See Botch, n.]] 1. 1. To mark with, or as with, botches.
Young Hylas, botched with stains. Garth. 2. 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. 3. To put together unsuitably or unskillfully; to express or perform in a bungling manner; to spoil or mar, as by unskillful work.
For treason botched in rhyme will be thy bane. Dryden.