資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mash \Mash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mashed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Mashing}.] [Akin to G. meischen, maischen, to mash, mix, and
   prob. to mischen, E. mix. See 2d {Mash}.]
   To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by
   beating or pressure; to bruise; to crush; as, to mash apples
   in a mill, or potatoes with a pestle. Specifically (Brewing),
   to convert, as malt, or malt and meal, into the mash which
   makes wort.

   {Mashing tub}, a tub for making the mash in breweries and
      distilleries; -- called also {mash tun}, and {mash vat}.