Mess
Mess (mes) , noun
Mass; church service. [Obsolete] — Chaucer
Mess (mes) , noun
[Old 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 compare Mass religious service.]
1.
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.
At their savory dinner set
Of herbs and other country messes.
2.
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. — Shakespeare
3.
A set of four; -- from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner. [Obsolete] — Latimer
4.
The milk given by a cow at one milking. [United States]
5.
A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; as, he made a mess of it. [Colloquial]
Mess , intransitive verb
To take meals with a mess; to belong to a mess; to eat (with others); as, I mess with the wardroom officers. — Marryat
Mess , transitive verb
1.
To supply with a mess.
2.
To make a mess{5} of; to disorder or muddle; to muss; to jumble; to disturb; to mess up.
It was n't right either to be messing another man's sleep.