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   Patch (păch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Patched (păcht); p. pr. & vb. n. Patching.]
   1. To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like; as, “to patch a coat”.
   
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   2. To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces festened on; to repair clumsily; as, “to patch the roof of a house”.
   
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   3. To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches.
   
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   Ladies who patched both sides of their faces. Spectator.
   
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   4. 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”. “If you'll patch a quarrel.”  Shak.
   
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   patched (păcht) adj.
   1. Mended, usually clumsily by covering a hole with a patch; as, “patched jeans”.
   
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   2. [p. p. of patch, v. t..] Partly covered; as, “The field was patched with ice and snow”.
   
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