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Webster 1913 Edition


Dish

Dish

(dĭsh)
,
Noun.
[AS.
disc
, L.
discus
dish, disc, quoit, fr. Gr.
δίσκοσ
quoit, fr.
δικεῖν
to throw. Cf.
Dais
,
Desk
,
Disc
,
Discus
.]
1.
A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table.
She brought forth butter in a lordly
dish
.
Judg. v. 25.
Home-home
dishes
that drive one from home.
Hood.
3.
The state of being concave, or like a dish, or the degree of such concavity;
as, the
dish
of a wheel
.
4.
A hollow place, as in a field.
Ogilvie.
5.
(Mining)
(a)
A trough about 28 inches long, 4 deep, and 6 wide, in which ore is measured.
(b)
That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.

Dish

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dished
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Dishing
.]
1.
To put in a dish, ready for the table.
2.
To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish;
as, to
dish
a wheel by inclining the spokes
.
3.
To frustrate; to beat; to ruin.
[Low]
To dish out
.
1.
To serve out of a dish; to distribute in portions at table.
2.
(Arch.)
To hollow out, as a gutter in stone or wood.
2.
to dispense freely; – also used figuratively;
as, to
dish out
punishment; to
dish out
abuse or insult
.
–
To dish up
,
to take (food) from the oven, pots, etc., and put in dishes to be served at table.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dish

DISH

,
Noun.
[Gr., L. It is the same word as disk and desk, and seems to signify something flat, plain or extended.]
1.
A broad open vessel, made of various materials, used for serving up meat and various kinds of food at the table. It is sometimes used for a deep hollow vessel for liquors.
2.
The meat or provisions served in a dish. Hence, any particular kind of food.
I have here a dish of doves.
We say, a dish of veal or venison; a cold dish; a warm dish; a delicious dish.
3.
Among miners, a trough in which ore is measure, about 28 inches long, 4 deep and 6 wide.

DISH

,
Verb.
T.
To put in a dish; as, the meat is all dished, and ready for the table.