mess
Webster 1828
MESS, noun [Latin mensa.]1. A dish or a quantity of food prepared or set on a table at one time; as a mess of pottage; a mess of herbs; a mess of broth.2. A medley; a mixed mass; a quantity.3. As much provender or grain as is given to a beast at once.4. A number of persons who eat together; among seamen and soldiers.MESS, verb intransitive To eat; to feed.1. To associate at the same table; to eat in company, as seamen.MESS, verb transitive To supply with a mess