n. [ OE. mes, OF. mets, LL. missum, p. p. of mittere to put, place (
At their savory dinner set
Of herbs and other country messes. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
It was n't right either to be messing another man's sleep. Scribner's Mag. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. Mass; church service. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
n. [ OE., fr. OF. message, fr. LL. missaticus. See 1st Message. ] A messenger. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To bear as a message. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F., fr. LL. missaticum, fr. L. mittere, missum, to send. See Mission, and cf. Messenger. ]
Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. Judg. iii. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]
Message shell.
n. [ OE. ] A messenger. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
. A stick, carved with lines and dots, used, esp. by Australian aborigines, to convey information. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
. Barreled salt beef, packed with about 80 pounds chuck and rump, two flanks, and the rest plates. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]