資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Mash \Mash\, n. [Akin to G. meisch, maisch, meische, maische,
mash, wash, and prob. to AS. miscian to mix. See {Mix}.]
1. A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state
by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy
state. Specifically (Brewing), ground or bruised malt, or
meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of
malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making
the wort.
2. A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.
3. A mess; trouble. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
{Mash tun}, a large tub used in making mash and wort.