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n. pl. [ F. gamaches. ] High boots or buskins; in Scotland, short spatterdashes or riding trousers, worn over the other clothing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ See Gamashes. ] Gaiters reaching to the knee; leggings. [ 1913 Webster ]

Strong gramashes, or leggings of thick gray cloth. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

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 ]

{ } n.; pl. Mashies /plu>. [ Etym. uncert. ] A golf club like the iron, but with a shorter head, slightly more lofted, used chiefly for short approaches. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cf. G. mish-mash, fr. mischen to mix. ] A hodgepodge or hotchpotch; a confused jumble. [ Also spelled mishmosh. ] Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. (Bot.) See Camass. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Smashed p. pr. & vb. n. Smashing. ] [ Cf. Sw. smisk a blow, stroke, smiska to strike, dial. Sw. smaske to kiss with a noise, and E. smack a loud kiss, a slap. ] 1. To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here everything is broken and smashed to pieces. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Lawn Tennis) To hit (the ball) from above the level of the net with a very hard overhand stroke. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. To break up, or to pieces suddenly, as the result of collision or pressure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A breaking or dashing to pieces; utter destruction; wreck. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, bankruptcy. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, smashes or breaks things to pieces. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Anything very large or extraordinary. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who passes counterfeit coin. [ Cant, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A turmoil; a broil; a fray; a fight. [ Scot. & Prov. Eng. ] Barham. [ 1913 Webster ]