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Look up: Mess

  1. Mess
    In naval terms, mess denotes a particular company of the officers or crew of a ship, who eat, drink, and associate together.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  2. Mess
    Naval The unit of community life as lived in one of HM ships; hence, the place where each unit lives and eats; hence also, the naval verb for both inhabiting and eating. The context must show whether living or eating is referred to.
    Found on http://www.britishempire.co.uk/glossary/

  3. mess
    [n] - a state of confusion and disorderliness 2. [n] - soft semiliquid food 3. [n] - a meal eaten by service personnel 4. [n] - a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax 5. [v] - eat in a mess 6. [v] - make a mess of or create disorder in
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Mess
    The room used by soldiers to eat in.
    Found on http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/k

  5. Mess
    Mess transitive verb To make a mess of; to disorder or muddle; to muss; to jumble; to disturb. « It was n't right either to be messing another man's sleep.» Scribner's Mag.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/53

  6. Mess
    Mess noun Mass; church service. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/53

  7. Mess
    Mess noun [ Middle English mes , Old French mets , Late Latin missum , past participle of mittere to put, place ( e. g. , on the table), Latin mittere to send. See Mission , and confer Mass relig...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/54

  8. Mess
    Mess intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Messed ; present participle & verbal noun Messing .] To take meals with a mess; to belong to a mess; to eat (with others); as, I mess with the wardroom officers. Marryat.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/54

  9. Mess
    Mess transitive verb To supply with a mess.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/54

  10. mess
    mess hall noun a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  11. mess
    noun a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  12. mess
    messiness 1 muss noun a state of confusion and disorderliness; `the house was a mess`; `she smoothed the mussiness of the bed`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  13. Mess
    • (v. t.) To supply with a mess. • (n.) A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; as, he made a mess of it. • (n.) A number of persons who eat together, and for whom food is prepared in common; especially, per...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  14. mess
    • a state of confusion and disorderliness
    • informal terms for a difficult situation
    • soft semiliquid food
    • a meal eaten by service personnel
    • a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax
    • (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

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  15. Mess
    mass
    Found on http://www.ambaile.org.uk/en/item/item_w

  16. Mess
    [Naval Acronyms and Slang] A place assigned for ranks, NCOs and (perhaps separately) Officers to eat or relax. Normally now the bar.
    Found on http://www.hmforces.co.uk/Join_The_Force

  17. Mess
    A `mess` (also called a `messdeck` aboard ships) is the place where military personnel socialise, eat, and (in some cases) live. In some societies this military usage has extended to other disciplined services eateries such as civilian fire fighting and police forces. The root of mess is the ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mess

  18. Mess
    (album) `Mess` is an album released by the British group Fila Brazillia on Pork Recordings in 1996. Track listing: # "The Last Of The Red Hot Brethren" - 2:15 # "Big Saddle" - 4:58 # "Space Hearse" - 6:07 # "Half Man Half Granary Thorax" - 1:39...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mess

  19. Mess
    (band) `Mess` was an Austrian band which represented the country in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 performing Sonntag (Sunday). The duo consisted of Fritz (real name: Michael Scheickl) and Elisabeth `Lizzy` Engstler. Their song was composed by Michael Mell and written by Rudol...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mess



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12 February 2012

This day in history:
/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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