Emily Dickinson Lexicon

MASH, n. [G. meischen, to mix, to mash; Sp. mascar, to chew, Fr. macher, for mascher, L. mastico.]

1. A mixture or mass of ingredients, beaten or blended together in a promiscuous manner.
2. A mixture for a horse. Far. Dict.
3. A mesh. [See Mesh, the more common orthography.]