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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary : [ easton ]


  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.).

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Botch \Botch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Botched; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Botching.] [See Botch, n.]
     1. To mark with, or as with, botches.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Young Hylas, botched with stains.     --Garth.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To repair; to mend; esp. to patch in a clumsy or imperfect
        manner, as a garment; -- sometimes with up.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Sick bodies . . . to be kept and botched up for a
              time.                                 --Robynson
                                                    (More's
                                                    Utopia).
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To put together unsuitably or unskillfully; to express or
        perform in a bungling manner; to bungle; to spoil or mar,
        as by unskillful work.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              For treason botched in rhyme will be thy bane.
                                                    --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Botch \Botch\, n.; pl. Botches. [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. [Obs. or Dial.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss.
                                                    --Milton.
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     2. A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended
        in a clumsy manner.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To leave no rubs nor botches in the work. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Botch \Botch\, n.; pl. Botches. [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. [Obs. or Dial.]
  
              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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Botch \Botch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Botched; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Botching.] [See Botch, n.]
     1. To mark with, or as with, botches.
  
              Young Hylas, botched with stains.     --Garth.
  
     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. 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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  botch
       n : an embarrassing mistake [syn: blunder, blooper, bloomer,
            bungle, foul-up, fuckup, flub, boner, boo-boo]
       v : make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and
           we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult
           passage in the second movement" [syn: bumble, fumble,
            botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up,
            spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix
           up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse
           up, foul up, mess up, fuck up]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  botch
     n.
     1 An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a
  ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work.
     2 A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a
  clumsy manner.
     3 A mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing.
     4 A messy, disorderly or confusing combination; conglomeration;
  hodgepodge.
     5 (lb en archaic) One who makes a mess of something.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or
  incompetent manner; to make a mess of something
     2 To do something without skill, without care, or clumsily.
     3 To repair or mend clumsily.
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) A tumour or other malignant swelling.
     2 A case or outbreak of boils or sores.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  botch
     n.
     1 An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a
  ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work.
     2 A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a
  clumsy manner.
     3 A mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing.
     4 A messy, disorderly or confusing combination; conglomeration;
  hodgepodge.
     5 (lb en archaic) One who makes a mess of something.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or
  incompetent manner; to make a mess of something
     2 To do something without skill, without care, or clumsily.
     3 To repair or mend clumsily.
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) A tumour or other malignant swelling.
     2 A case or outbreak of boils or sores.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  botch
     n.
     1 An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a
  ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work.
     2 A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a
  clumsy manner.
     3 A mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing.
     4 A messy, disorderly or confusing combination; conglomeration;
  hodgepodge.
     5 (lb en archaic) One who makes a mess of something.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or
  incompetent manner; to make a mess of something
     2 To do something without skill, without care, or clumsily.
     3 To repair or mend clumsily.
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) A tumour or other malignant swelling.
     2 A case or outbreak of boils or sores.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  botch
     n.
     1 An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a
  ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work.
     2 A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a
  clumsy manner.
     3 A mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing.
     4 A messy, disorderly or confusing combination; conglomeration;
  hodgepodge.
     5 (lb en archaic) One who makes a mess of something.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or
  incompetent manner; to make a mess of something
     2 To do something without skill, without care, or clumsily.
     3 To repair or mend clumsily.
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) A tumour or other malignant swelling.
     2 A case or outbreak of boils or sores.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  botch
     Englanti vb.
     hutiloida, sählätä, tunaroida, möhliä

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  botch
     Engelska n.
     slarvigt utfört arbete, verk av en klåpare, klåperi
     Engelska vb.
     1 klanta till, sjabbla bort
     2 klåpa

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Botch /bˈɒtʃ/
  العمل الرّديء

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  botch //bɑt͡ʃ// //bɒt͡ʃ// 
  нескопосана работа
  An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  botch //bɑt͡ʃ// //bɒt͡ʃ// 
  1. скърпвам
  to do something without skill, without care, or clumsily
  2. извършвам нескопосано
  to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner