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Mas`cu*lin"i*ty (?), n. The state
or quality of being masculine; masculineness.

Mase (?), n. & v. See
Maze. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Mas"e*lyn (?), n. A drinking cup.
See 1st Maslin, 2. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Ma"ser (?), n. Same as
Mazer.

Mash (?), n. A mesh.
[Obs.]

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.


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