| Dish (dish) |
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| n. | (d***ibreve]sh) |
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| Dish |
| [AS.
disc, L. discus dish, disc, quoit, fr. Gr.
di`skos quoit, fr. dikei^n to throw. Cf.
Dais, Desk, Disc, Discus.] |
A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used
for serving up food at the table.
The food served in a dish; hence, any
particular kind of food; as, a cold dish; a warm dish;
a delicious dish. "A dish fit for the gods."
The state of being concave, or like a
dish, or the degree of such concavity; as, the dish of a
wheel.
A hollow place, as in a field.
A
trough about 28 inches long, 4 deep, and 6 wide, in which ore is
measured.
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To put in a dish, ready for
the table.
To make concave, or depress in the middle,
like a dish] as, to dish a wheel by inclining the
spokes.
To frustrate; to beat; to ruin.
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