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Patches
Patches small
round pieces of silk gummed, which the women plaister upon their faces, to make
them ugly; But they begin to be pretty much out of
fashion.
Definition taken from
The Universal Etymological English Dictionary,
edited by Nathan Bailey (1736)
Paˊstoral *
Paˊtience [in Painting and Sculpture]