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A heavy metal box used to patch a hole made in the side of the ship through enemy action, or accidentally through a collision.
Purple patch is slang for a period of success, good fortune, etc.
Rear end of caboose by night; also railroad yard studded with red lights
a nickname for the 25th Infantry Division because of the division's shoulder patch representation of "Tropic Lightning." Pg. 509.See the 25th Div. shoulder patch. (Use your browser's "Back" feature to return here.)
nickname of the 4th Infantry Division. (Patch has 4 ivy leaves.)
A horse with irregular patches of white. Kin to Indian ponies, they were strong and tough but never grew very big. Also refers to drinking, alluding to the red nose caused by over-indulgence.
nickname of the 1st Log (logistics)(patch).
An ill-tempered person.
This was a cemetery, especially for those who died with their boots on; also called boothill, bone yard, bone orchard, grave patch.
nickname of 24 Corp (patch).
Patch is slang for one's territory or area of jurisdiction. Patch is British slang for a bald spot.Patch is American slang for the percentage of the proceeds of a crime that must be given to corrupt police officers for protection from arrest.
peevish childc
(courtesy of Damien Hobgood) muddy road conditions only a dumbo would get caught in. Example: “Hey, man, don’t drive over that patch of mud-that’s dumbo mud.
the patch of seal is “cut†when nearly all in sight are killed and hauled on board
(courtesy of Damien Hobgood) muddy road conditions only a dumbo would get caught in. Example: “Hey, man, don’t drive over that patch of mud-that’s dumbo mud.
a patch on a boat
An aviator who has made 100 shipboard landings on one carrier, typically a centurion patch is then issued and proudly worn on the flight jacket.
To accelerate so rapidly that you leave a patch of rubber on the road.
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Fig.: Anything regarded as a patch; a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or growing corn.
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A small piece of anything used to repair a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
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One who patches or botches.
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A very fine wavy crosswise color marking, or a patch of such markings, as on the feathers of birds.
v. t.
To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches.
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The larva of a bombycid moth (Empretia stimulea) which has a large, bright green, saddle-shaped patch of color on the back.
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Full of, or covered with, patches; abounding in patches.
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Having marks or patches of different colors; as, variegated leaves, or flowers.
v. t.
To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces festened on; to repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house.
n. pl.
More or less extensive patches of subcutaneous extravasation of blood.
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v. t.
To provide, as a shoe, with new upper leather; hence, to piece, as any old thing, with a new part; to repair; to patch; -- often followed by up.
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.
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Having a broad patch of color across the back, like a saddle; saddle-backed.
v. t.
To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like; as, to patch a coat.
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A mintlike plant (Pogostemon Patchouli) of the East Indies, yielding an essential oil from which a highly valued perfume is made.
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Any one of numerous species of humming birds belonging to Trochilus, Calypte, Stellula, and allies, in which the male has on the throat a brilliant patch of red feathers having metallic reflections; esp., the common humming bird of the Eastern United States (Trochilus colubris).
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Alt. of Patchouly
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A rose-colored efflorescence upon the skin, occurring in circumscribed patches of little or no elevation and often alternately fading and reviving; also, an acute specific disease which is characterized by an eruption of this character; -- called also rose rash.
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