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Definition of Patching
1. Noun. The act of mending a hole in a garment by sewing a patch over it.
Derivative terms: Patch, Patch, Patch
Definition of Patching
1. Verb. (present participle of patch) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Patching
1. patch [v] - See also: patch
Medical Definition of Patching
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Patching
Literary usage of Patching
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Arctic Experiences: Containing Capt. George E. Tyson's Wonderful Drift on by Euphemia Vale Blake (1874)
"patching up Clothes.—Captain Hall's Rifle.—Cutting Fresh-water Ice for Drink.
... "I WAS preparing myself for hunting, patching up my old thin clothes as ..."
2. A Treatise on Etching by Maxime Lalanne, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (1880)
"patching. — For partial retouches and for patching the stopping-out varnish is
also used, but in a simpler and more expeditious way. ..."
3. The Revised Reports by Robert Campbell, Frederick Pollock, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1908)
"BY an indenture, bearing date the 18th of August, 1830, and made between James
Edwards of the first part, Richard patching the father of the second part, ..."
4. Progressive Lessons in the Art and Practice of Needlework for Use in Schools by Catherine F. Johnson (1895)
"The work laid out for this year includes advanced patching and darning on fine,
... patching: — '• In patching, the pupil has been taught the importance of ..."
5. Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne: Taken from Original Sources by John Ashton (1882)
"... like men—Scents- Patches—patching Whig and Tory—Masks—The hood—High- crowned
hats—Furs—Umbrellas—Pattens—The fan—Mobs—Shopping—Stuffs—List of Indian ..."
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