Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BOTCH, n. [It. bozza, botza, a swelling, or rather pezzo, a piece; the latter is the Eng. patch.]

1. A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection. Botches and blains must all his flesh imboss. – Milton.
2. A patch, or the part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner; ill-finished work in mending.
3. That which resembles a botch; a part added clumsily; adventitious or ill-applied words. If those words are not notorious botches, I am deceived. – Dryden.