Botch: alternatives and connections

The male of any species of cattle (Bovidae); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.

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A false step; a mistake or wrong measure.

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Nap or down; flue; soft, downy feathers.

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To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something.

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An awkward action; clumsiness; boorishness.

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One who howls.

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A wrong step; an error of conduct.

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A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by women to shield the hands from cold.

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To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

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A chaotic situation or mistake

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An impropriety or incongruity of language in the combination of words or parts of a sentence; esp., deviation from the idiom of a language or from th…

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Something exhibited to view; usually, something presented to view as extraordinary, or as unusual and worthy of special notice; a remarkable or notew…

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To trip in walking or in moving in any way with the legs; to strike the foot so as to fall, or to endanger a fall; to stagger because of a false step.

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To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip; to move the feet nimbly; -- sometimes followed by it. See It, 5.

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A wandering; a roving or irregular course.

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To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expect…

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Defect; want; lack; default.

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To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat.

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To make or form amiss; to spoil in making.

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A costume for women, consisting of a short dress, with loose trousers gathered round ankles, and (commonly) a broad-brimmed hat.

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To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

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To make a gross error or mistake; as, to blunder in writing or preparing a medical prescription.

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A botch; a patch.

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The bittern.

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To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner.

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Nap or down; flue; soft, downy feathers.

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To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something.

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To handle ill or wrongly; to maltreat.

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A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by women to shield the hands from cold.

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To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession.

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