Crossword clues for botches
botches
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Botch \Botch\, n.; pl. Botches. [Same as Boss a stud. For senses 2 & 3 cf. D. botsen to beat, akin to E. beat.]
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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. A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner.
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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.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of botch English) vb. (en-third-person singular of: botch)
Usage examples of "botches".
As of this minute"--he opened one eye and looked at the clock--"we are proceeding according to schedule, but we can't afford any more botches.
Instantly she gave the BE full throttle, shooting straight ahead, knowing nothing botches a landing in fog like a plane bursting out of nowhere.
The only distinction I can claim is that my botches end up in my own wastebasket.
These pressures being more or less similar, it is understandable that many of nature's botches should bear a resemblance to each other, without being similar in detail.
His Cattel must of Rot and Murren die, Botches and blaines must all his flesh imboss, And all his people.
His wife would have laughed if she'd seen the clumsy botches he'd made of some repairs to his uniform.