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Mass; church service. |
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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. |
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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. |
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A set of four; -- from the old practice of dividing companies
into sets of four at dinner. |
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The milk given by a cow at one milking. |
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A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a
situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; as, he
made a mess of it. |
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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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To supply with a mess. |
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