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Webster 1913 Edition

Mess

Mess

(mĕs)
,
Noun.
Mass; church service.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Mess

(mĕs)
,
Noun.
[OE.
mes
, OF.
mets
, LL.
missum
, p. p. of
mittere
to put, place (e. g., on the table), L.
mittere
to send. See
Mission
, and cf.
Mass
religious service.]
1.
A quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for a person or party for one meal;
as, a
mess
of pottage
; also, the food given to a beast at one time.
At their savory dinner set
Of herbs and other country
messes
.
Milton.
2.
A number of persons who eat together, and for whom food is prepared in common; especially, persons in the military or naval service who eat at the same table;
as, the wardroom
mess
.
Shak.
3.
A set of four; – from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner.
[Obs.]
Latimer.
4.
The milk given by a cow at one milking.
[U.S.]
5.
[Perh. corrupt. fr. OE.
mesh
for
mash
: cf.
muss
.]
A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding;
as, he made a
mess
of it
.
[Colloq.]

Mess

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Messed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Messing
.]
To take meals with a mess; to belong to a mess; to eat (with others);
as, I
mess
with the wardroom officers
.
Marryat.

Mess

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To supply with a mess.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mess

MESS

,
Noun.
[L. mensa.]
1.
A dish or a quantity of food prepared or set on a table at one time; as a mess of pottage; a mess of herbs; a mess of broth.
2.
A medley; a mixed mass; a quantity.
3.
As much provender or grain as is given to a beast at once.
4.
A number of persons who eat together; among seamen and soldiers.

MESS

,
Verb.
I.
To eat; to feed.
1.
To associate at the same table; to eat in company, as seamen.

MESS

,
Verb.
T.
To supply with a mess.

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