lay a patch

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I wanted to grab the wheel and lay a patch.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fleeting as it had been it showed me that between us lay a patch of saw-palmetto, and this was awkward as I could get no idea of its depth.

From Wings of the Wind by Harris, Credo Fitch

Straight opposite, in the middle of all this forest verdure, there lay a patch of white, like driven snow.

From Immensee by Storm, Theodor

Then flat on the cheek lay a patch of brilliant colour, another on the mouth.

From The Common Law by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

No glacier was visible now, however—only, on the rocky summit lay a patch or two of the last winter’s snow-drift, which was too deep for the summer sun to melt away.

From The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)