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Mess   /mɛs/   Listen
noun
Mess  n.  Mass; church service. (Obs.)


Mess  n.  
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."
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.
3.
A set of four; from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner. (Obs.)
4.
The milk given by a cow at one milking. (U.S.)
5.
A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; as, he made a mess of it. (Colloq.)


verb
Mess  v. t.  
1.
To supply with a mess.
2.
To make a mess (5) of; to disorder or muddle; to muss; to jumble; to disturb; to mess up. "It was n't right either to be messing another man's sleep."


Mess  v. i.  (past & past part. messed; pres. part. messing)  To take meals with a mess; to belong to a mess; to eat (with others); as, I mess with the wardroom officers.





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"Mess" Quotes from Famous Books



... will be all right then! He'll follow me like a lamb. He doesn't want to mess around with such. But she's got ...
— The Web of Life • Robert Herrick
... hard, I'm afraid I'm making a mess of it," she whispered to herself anxiously, as she ...
— Pollyanna Grows Up • Eleanor H. Porter
... will!" exclaimed the manager. Then he put out his hand impulsively. "I beg your pardon. If I had known—but if we're ever out of this mess, I may give a ...
— The Strollers • Frederic S. Isham
... its lighter side. The young folks especially found fun in seeing a guileless fellow step into the skimming hole concealed by cane stalks. The sport was complete when the bewildered fellow struggled to free himself from the sticky mess. But the woman was quick to help him out of his plight by providing a change of raiment and soap and water and clean towels, "yonder in the kitchen-house." She knew what ...
— Blue Ridge Country • Jean Thomas
... an uproar making a mess of the situations he has witnessed. Fessenden, however, has learned a lesson and is willing to leave the servant ...
— The Ghost Breaker - A Melodramatic Farce in Four Acts • Paul Dickey


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