-mash-

n. A mesh. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

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 ]

n. the name of a dance, briefly popular in the 1960's. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. Potatoes which have been boiled and mashed to a pulpy consistency, usu. with sparing addition of milk, salt, butter, or other flavoring. It is a popular accompaniment to a meat course [ U.S., 1900's ], providing bulk and calories to a meal. [ PJC ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, mashes; also (Brewing), a machine for making mash. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A charmer of women. [ Slang ] London Punch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Maslin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Produced by crushing or bruising; resembling, or consisting of, a mash. [ 1913 Webster ]