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Pieces of ice in the sea, overlapping or nearly joining each other. pătch, *patche, v. t. & i. [PATCH, 8.] IMG:content-0744.png:[blocks in formation] C. As substantive: 1. The act of mending with patches; botching. blundering, bungling; hypocrisy. 2. A patch. pătch'-Ing-lý, *patch-ing-lie, adv. [English patching; -ly.] In a hypocritical manner. *pătch-ock, s. [Eng. patch ; -ock .] A clown; a paltry fellow. "Growen to be as very patchockes as the wild Irish."Spenser: State of Ireland. păt-chou-11, păt-chou-lỹ, păçh-qu-li, subst. [ Beng. pachapat (?).] 1. Ord. Lang.: A perfume prepared from the plant described in 2. IMG:content-0745.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Work composed of different pieces clumsily put together; anything composed of ill-a orted B. As adj .: Composed of pieces sewed or joined together; as, a patchwork quilt. pătch'-ỹ, a. [Eng. patch; -y.] 1. Lit .: Full of patches. 2. Fig .: Cro , peevish. "He'll be a bit patchy ."- Trollope : Orley Farm , vol. ii., ch. iii. pāte (1), s . [O. Fr., from_Ger.platte=a plate, a head; M. H. Ger. plate ; O. H. Ger. plattá =a plate, the shaven crown of the head.] IMG:content-0746.png:[blocks in formation] 5. To make up of shreds or different pieces without regard to suitability or matching. ( Lit. & fig .) "Enlarging an author's sense, and building fancies of our own upon his foundation, we may call paraphrasing; - Feltham : Resolves , p. 70. but more properly, changing, adding, patching , piecing.' -Felton: On the Cla ics. 6. To accommodate or arrange hastily or tem porarily. "You patched up your excuses." Shakesp.: Antony and Cleopatra , ii. 2. *7. To disfigure. "Patched with foul motes." Shakesp.: King John, iii. 1. B. In trans.: To decorate the face with patches. "There are several women of honor who patch out of principle." Add is on: Spectator, No. 81. patched, pa. par. & a. [PATCH, v.] A. As pa . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adjective: 'To lay the plot at first well is a matter of more pate."