botching

Botch \Botch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Botched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Botching}.] [See {Botch}, n.]
   1. To mark with, or as with, botches.
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            Young Hylas, botched with stains.     --Garth.
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   2. To repair; to mend; esp. to patch in a clumsy or imperfect
      manner, as a garment; -- sometimes with up.
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            Sick bodies . . . to be kept and botched up for a
            time.                                 --Robynson
                                                  (More's
                                                  Utopia).
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   3. To put together unsuitably or unskillfully; to express or
      perform in a bungling manner; to bungle; to spoil or mar,
      as by unskillful work.
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            For treason botched in rhyme will be thy bane.
                                                  --Dryden.
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