patched

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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"; "the wall had
       a spotty speckled effect"; "a black-and-white spotted cow"
       [syn: {patched}, {spotty}, {spotted}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
patched \patched\ (p[a^]cht) adj.
   1. Mended, usually clumsily by covering a hole with a patch;
      as, patched jeans.
      [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

   2. [p. p. of {patch}, v. t..] Partly covered; as, The field
      was patched with ice and snow.
      [WordNet 1.5]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Patch \Patch\ (p[a^]ch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Patched}
   (p[a^]cht); 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.
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   2. To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces festened on; to
      repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house.
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   3. To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches.
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            Ladies who patched both sides of their faces.
                                                  --Spectator.
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   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.
      [1913 Webster]
    

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