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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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}. 




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