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Webster 1913 Edition

Mash

Mash

,
Noun.
A mesh.
[Obs.]

Mash

,
Noun.
[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

,
Verb.
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mash

MASH

,
Noun.
[L. mastico.]
1.
A mixture or mass of ingredients, beaten or blended together in a promiscuous manner.
2.
A mixture for a horse.
3.
A mesh. [See Mesh, the more common orthography.]

MASH

,
Verb.
T.
To beat into a confused mass.
1.
To bruise; to crush by beating or pressure; as, to mash apples in a mill.
2.
To mix malt and water together in brewing.

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