clatch

CIDE DICTIONARY

clatch, n. [Cf. Scot. clatch a slap, the noise caused by the collision of soft bodies; prob. of imitative origin.].

•  A soft or sloppy lump or mass; as, to throw a clatch of mud.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  Anything put together or made in a careless or slipshod way; hence, a sluttish or slipshod woman.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

clatch, v. t. & i. 

 To daub or smear, as with lime; to make or finish in a slipshod way.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]