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 bungle; to spoil or mar, as by unskillful work.
For treason botched in rhyme will be thy bane. --Dryden.
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.
Did he miss golden opportunities and thereby botch things - yes, he did.
There is little tangible evidence that price rises are already accelerating. Yet the exchange market would have grounds for concern if the authorities botch the turn in interest rates.
It's far more humane than allowing individuals to botch the job in a suicide attempt, which creates far more suffering for the self and loved ones.