·noun Mass; church service.
II. Mess ·vt To supply with a mess.
III. Mess ·noun The milk given by a cow at one milking.
IV. Mess ·noun A set of four;
— from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner.
V. Mess ·vi To take meals with a mess; to belong to a mess; to eat (with others); as, I mess with the wardroom officers.
VI. Mess ·noun A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; as, he made a mess of it.
VII. Mess ·add. ·vt To make a mess of; to disorder or muddle; to Muss; to Jumble; to Disturb.
VIII. Mess ·noun A quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for a person or party for one meal; as, a mess of pottage; also, the food given to a beast at one time.
IX. Mess ·noun A number of persons who eat together, and for whom food is prepared in common; especially, persons in the military or naval service who eat at the same table; as, the wardroom mess.