MESS, n. L. mensa.
1. A dish or a quantity of food prepared or set on a table at one time as a mess of pottage a mess of herbs a mess of broth.
2. A medley a mixed mass a quantity.
3. As much provender or grain as is given to a beast at once.
4. A number of persons who eat together among seamen and soldiers.
MESS, To eat to feed.
1. To associate at the same table to eat in company, as seamen.
MESS, To supply with a mess.
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