Possible Definitions:
1. Patch (n.) A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, esp. upon an old garment to cover a hole.
2. Patch (n.) A small piece of anything used to repair a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
3. Patch (n.) A small piece of black silk stuck on the face, or neck, to hide a defect, or to heighten beauty.
4. Patch (n.) A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
5. Patch (n.) Fig.: Anything regarded as a patch; a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or growing corn.
6. Patch (n.) A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
7. Patch (n.) A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.
8. Patch (v. t.) To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like; as, to patch a coat.
9. Patch (v. t.) To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces festened on; to repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house.
10. Patch (v. t.) To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches.
11. Patch (v. t.) 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.
