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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_154570" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_154570" /> == | ||
<p> (1): | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) Fig.: [[Anything]] regarded as a patch; a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or growing corn. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' 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. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' 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. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' n.) A small piece of anything used to repair a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' n.) A small piece of black silk stuck on the face, or neck, to hide a defect, or to heighten beauty. </p> <p> '''(7):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like; as, to patch a coat. </p> <p> '''(8):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces festened on; to repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house. </p> <p> '''(9):''' ''' (''' n.) A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting. </p> <p> '''(10):''' ''' (''' n.) A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool. </p> <p> '''(11):''' ''' (''' n.) A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_54659" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_54659" /> == | ||
<p> ( | <p> ( '''''Ἐπίβλημα''''' '',-'' something ''Put On,'' piece," Matthew 9:16; Mark 2:21; Luke 5:36), taken ( ''Torn Off'' from '''''Ῥήγνυμι''''' ) from a fragment or remnant ( '''''Ῥάκος''''' , literally ''Rag,'' "cloth'") of new material, to mend a rent in a garment. (See [[Sew]]). </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Latest revision as of 15:31, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) Fig.: Anything regarded as a patch; a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or growing corn.
(2): ( v. t.) To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches.
(3): ( 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.
(4): ( 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.
(5): ( n.) A small piece of anything used to repair a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
(6): ( n.) A small piece of black silk stuck on the face, or neck, to hide a defect, or to heighten beauty.
(7): ( v. t.) To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like; as, to patch a coat.
(8): ( v. t.) To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces festened on; to repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house.
(9): ( n.) A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
(10): ( n.) A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.
(11): ( n.) A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
( Ἐπίβλημα ,- something Put On, piece," Matthew 9:16; Mark 2:21; Luke 5:36), taken ( Torn Off from Ῥήγνυμι ) from a fragment or remnant ( Ῥάκος , literally Rag, "cloth'") of new material, to mend a rent in a garment. (See Sew).
