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Botch
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BOTCH . A botch (connected with ‘beat’ and ‘boss’) is a swelling, an eruption in the skin. It occurs in reference to Deuteronomy 28:27 ‘the botch of Egypt.’ See Blain, Medicine. The modern word is ‘boil,’ which is also the more common word for the same Heb. in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] . For the Eng. word see Milton PL xii. 180
‘Botches and blaines must all his flesh imboss.’
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Botch'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/b/botch.html. 1909.
Hastings, James. Entry for 'Botch'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/b/botch.html. 1909.
