GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   MASH, MASH , 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.
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   Mash , n. A mesh. [Obs.]
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   Mash, n. [Akin to G. meisch, maisch, meische, maische, mash, wash, and prob. to AS. miscian to mix. See Mix.]
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   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.
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   A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.
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   A mess; trouble. [Obs.]
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   Mash tun, a large tub used in making mash and wort.
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   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.
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   Mashing tub, a tub for making the mash in breweries and distilleries; -- called also mash tun, and mash vat.
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