PATCH

noun a paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.

2. patch ·vt to adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches.

3. patch ·noun a block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.

4. patch ·noun a small piece of anything used to repair a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, ·etc.

5. patch ·vt to mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like; as, to patch a coat.

6. patch ·noun a piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.

7. patch ·noun a small piece of black silk stuck on the face, or neck, to hide a defect, or to heighten beauty.

8. patch ·vt to mend with pieces; to repair with pieces festened on; to repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house.

9. patch ·noun fig.: anything regarded as a patch; a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or growing corn.

10. patch ·vt 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.

11. patch ·noun a piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, ·esp. upon an old garment to cover a hole.