mash a (mash a)

[Hind. māshā, mashallah (mash-al'ä), interj. [Ar. mā - shā'llāh, mash-cooler (mash'kö"lér), n. A trough in which mash or wort is stirred to hasten the cooling. masher (mash'ėr), n. 1. An apparatus for preparing the mash for the distillation of potato spirits. Ure, Dict.-2. One who or that which mashes or crushes; a crusher.-3. One whose dre or manners are such as to impre strongly the fancy or elicit the admiration of susceptible young women; a fop; a "dude"; a "lady killer." [Recent slang.] Of late years Mr. Du Maurier has perhaps been a little too docile to the muse of elegance; the idiosyncrasies of the masher and the high girl with elbows have beguiled him into occasional inattention to the doings of the short and shabby. H. James, Jr., in Harper's Mag., LXXIX. 63. mash-fat (mash'fat), n. [ masfat ; fat2 , vat.] A mash-vat or mash-tub.