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 Patch v. t. [imp. & p. p. Patched 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.”
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 patched
      adj 1: mended usually clumsily by covering a hole with a patch;
             "patched jeans"
      2: having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or
         texture); "a field patched with ice and snow"; "a
         black-and-white spotted cow" [syn: spotted]