- (v.t.) To supply with a mess.
- (n.) A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; as, he made a mess of it.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) A set of four; -- from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner.
- (n.) 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.
- (v.i.) To take meals with a mess; to belong to a mess; to eat (with others); as, I mess with the wardroom officers.
- (n.) Mass; church service.
- (n.) The milk given by a cow at one milking.
- (v.t.) To make a mess of; to disorder or muddle; to muss; to jumble; to disturb.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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