MASH \MASH\, MASH \M*A*S*H\, n. (Mil.) An abbreviation for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, consisting of the equipment and personnel required to perform emergency operations on injured soldiers, located in tents near the front lines of combat; as, he worked in the 25th MASH. [PJC]

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Mash \Mash\, n. A mesh. [Obs.]

[1913 Webster]

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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.]

[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

2. A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals. [1913 Webster]

3. A mess; trouble. [Obs.]

--Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]

Mash tun, a large tub used in making mash and wort. [1913 Webster]

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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. [1913 Webster]

Mashing tub, a tub for making the mash in breweries and distilleries; -- called also mash tun, and mash vat. [1913 Webster]

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mash

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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)
 

Mash \Mash\, n. A mesh. [Obs.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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)