[mash] vt (13c) 1 a: to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure b: crush, smash "~ a finger"
2: to subject (as crushed malt) to the action of water with heating and stirring in preparing wort
[2]mash n [ME mash-, fr. OE max-; akin to MHG meisch mash] (1577) 1: a mixture of ground feeds for livestock
2: crushed malt or grain meal steeped and stirred in hot water to ferment (as for the production of beer or whiskey)
3: a soft pulpy mass
4. Brit: mashed potatoes [3]mash vt [origin unknown] (1879): to flirt with or seek the affection of [4]mash n (1880): crush
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