Defn: Botchery; covering of defects; bungling; hypocrisy. [R.] Shak.
PATCHINGLY
Patch"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: Knavishy; deceitfully. [Obs.]
PATCHOULI; PATCHOULY
Pa*tchou"li, Pa*tchou"ly, n. Etym: [CF. F. patchouli; prob. of East
Indian origin.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: A mintlike plant (Pogostemon Patchouli) of the East Indies, yielding an essential oil from which a highly valued perfume is made.
2. The perfume made from this plant. Patchouly camphor (Chem.), a substance homologous with and resembling borneol, found in patchouly oil.
PATCHWORK
Patch"work`, n.
Defn: Work composed of pieces sewed together, esp. pieces of various colors and figures; hence, anything put together of incongruous or ill-adapted parts; something irregularly clumsily composed; a thing putched up. Swift.
PATCHY
Patch"y, a.