Mash \Mash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mashed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Mashing.]
[Akin to G. meischen, maischen, to mash, mix, and
prob. to mischen, E. mix. See 2d Mash.]
To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by
beating or pressure; to bruise; to crush; as, to mash apples
in a mill, or potatoes with a pestle. Specifically (Brewing),
to convert, as malt, or malt and meal, into the mash which
makes wort.
Mashing tub, a tub for making the mash in breweries and
distilleries; -- called also mash tun, and mash vat.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Mash \Mash\, n. [Akin to G. meisch, maisch, meische, maische,
mash, wash, and prob. to AS. miscian to mix. See Mix.]
1. A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state
by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy
state. Specifically (Brewing), ground or bruised malt, or
meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of
malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making
the wort.
2. A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.
3. A mess; trouble. [Obs.]
--Beau. & Fl.
Mash tun, a large tub used in making mash and wort.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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