2. Verb. (third-person singular of mess) ¹
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Definition of Messes
1. mess [v] - See also: mess
Lexicographical Neighbors of Messes
Literary usage of Messes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Svrvay of London: Contayning the Originall, Antiquity, Increase, Moderne by John Stow (1890)
"Mercers, the wardens, and seventeen persons, five messes. 4. ... Ironmongers,
the wardens, and four persons, four messes and a half. 8. ..."
2. Proceedings (1902)
"... de messes et des communions. Le Souverain Pontife Léon XIII, comme ses
prédécesseurs, a dénoncé à plusieurs reprises la secte maçonnique comme la source ..."
3. Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John by Elisha Kent Kane (1856)
"THE PLEDGES — THE ARGUMENT— FAREWELL TO THE BRIG — THE MUSTER — THE ROUTINE —
THE messes. OUR last farewell to the brig -was made with more solemnity. ..."
4. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State Library (1854)
"Extract from the Minutes, Sec'y. Indorsed, SAM'L BRYAN, Bead in Council same day,
and Minutes of Council furnished. messes. ..."
5. The Works of Hannah More by Hannah More (1835)
"It is tho only sort of charity which ' messes twice.' All charily, indeed, blesses
the receiver; but the blessing promised to the giver, I have sometimes ..."
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