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Origin: Same as Boss a stud. For senses 2 & 3 cf. D. Botsen to beat, akin to E. Beat.

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. A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner.

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)

Source: Websters Dictionary