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MASH \MASH\, MASH \M*A*S*H\, 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 \Mash\, n.
A mesh. [Obs.]
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Mash \Mash\, n. [Akin to G. meisch, maisch, meische, maische,
mash, wash, and prob. to AS. miscian to mix. See {Mix}.]
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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.
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2. A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.
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3. A mess; trouble. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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{Mash tun}, a large tub used in making mash and wort.
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Mash \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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