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Webster 1913 Edition

Patch

Patch

,
Noun.
[OE.
pacche
; of uncertain origin, perh. for
placche
; cf. Prov. E.
platch
patch, LG.
plakk
,
plakke
.]
1.
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.
Patches
set upon a little breach.
Shakespeare
2.
Hence:
A small piece of anything used to repair a breach;
as, a
patch
on a kettle, a roof, etc.
3.
A small piece of black silk stuck on the face, or neck, to hide a defect, or to heighten beauty.
Your black
patches
you wear variously.
Beau. & Fl.
4.
(Gun.)
A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
5.
Fig.: Anything regarded as a patch; a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot;
as, scattered
patches
of trees or growing corn
.
Employed about this
patch
of ground.
Bunyan.
6.
(Mil.)
A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
7.
A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.
[Obs. or Colloq.]
“Thou scurvy patch.”
Shak.
Patch ice
,
ice in overlapping pieces in the sea.
–
Soft patch
,
a patch for covering a crack in a metallic vessel, as a steam boiler, consisting of soft material, as putty, covered and held in place by a plate bolted or riveted fast.

Patch

(păch)
,
Verb.
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
.
2.
To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces festened on; to repair clumsily;
as, to
patch
the roof of a house
.
3.
To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches.
Ladies who
patched
both sides of their faces.
Spectator.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Patch

PATCH

, n.
1.
A piece of cloth sewed on a garment to repair it.
2.
A small piece of any thing used to repair a breach.
3.
A small piece of silk used to cover a defect on the face, or to add a charm.
4.
A piece inserted in mosaic or variegated work.
5.
A small piece of ground, or a small detached piece.
6.
A paltry fellow. This use is sometimes heard in vulgar language; as a cross-patch.

PATCH

,
Verb.
T.
To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces; as, to patch a coat.
1.
To adorn with a patch or with patches.
In the middle boxes were several ladies who patched both sides of their faces.
2.
To mend with pieces; to repair clumsily.
3.
To repair with pieces fastened on; as, to patch the roof of a house.
4.
To make up of pieces and shreds.
5.
To dress in a party-colored coat.
6.
To make suddenly or hastily; to make without regard to forms; as, to patch up a peace.

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