Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PATCH, v.t.

1. To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces; as, to patch a coat.
2. To adorn with a patch or with patches. In the middle boxes were several ladies who patched both sides of their faces. – Spectator.
3. To mend with pieces; to repair clumsily. – Shak.
4. To repair with pieces fastened on; as, to patch the roof of a house.
5. To make up of pieces and shreds. – Ralegh.
6. To dress in a party-colored coat. Shak.
7. To make suddenly or hastily; to make without regard to forms; as, to patch up a piece.