| Patch (patch) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Patch |
| [OE. pacche; of
uncertain origin, perh. for placche; cf. Prov. E. platch
patch, LG. plakk, plakke.] |
A
piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed
upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, esp. upon an old garment to
cover a hole.
A small piece of anything used to
repair a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof,
etc.
A small piece of black silk stuck on the
face, or neck, to hide a defect, or to heighten beauty.
A piece of greased cloth or
leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the
bore.
Fig.: Anything regarded as a patch] a small
piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of
trees or growing corn.
A block on the muzzle of a
gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a
fool.
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| Patch (patch) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Patch |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Patched (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Patching.] |
To mend by sewing on a piece
or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like] as, to patch a
coat.
To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces
festened on; to repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a
house.
To adorn, as the face, with a patch or
patches.
To make of pieces or patches; to repair as
with patches; to arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner; -- generally
with up; as, to patch up a truce.
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