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Definitions for: Mash
[n] mixture of ground animal feeds
[n] a mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in brewing
[v] reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"
[v] talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
[v] to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"
Webster (1913) Definition: Mash, n.
A mesh. [Obs.]
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.
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.
Synonyms: bray, butterfly, chat up, comminute, coquet, coquette, crunch, crush, dally, flirt, grind, philander, romance, squash, squeeze, squelch
See Also: break up, chicken feed, feed, fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, mill, pestle, press, provender, pulp, scratch, sour mash, speak, stamp, steamroller, suspension, talk, telescope, tread, vamp, wanton, wring
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