patch

The envelope used with the bullet in old rifles.

♦ Muzzle-patch is a projection on the top of the muzzle of some guns, doing away with the effect of dispart in laying.

Patch
·noun A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool. II. Patch ·vt To adorn, as the face, with a patch ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
cross patch
A peevish boy or girl, or rather an unsocial ill-tempered man or woman. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
cross-patch
An ill-tempered person. A vulgar word, used alike in England and America. Patch is a very old word o...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.