a confused mixture; a group of four; a group of people who regularly eat together; the quantity of milk at one milking; a quantity of food; a haul of fish. Also, officers’ mess, sergeants’ mess, etc.
Merchantry
Merdaille
Mess
Meute
Mews
Examples: mess of beans; of cream; of eggs; of fish; of food; of guests; of judges and barristers; of kingdoms; of mackerel; of marines; of milk; of officers; of peas; of pooridge; of potage; of sons (four); of strawberries; of suitors; of tongues; of verse; of victuals; of vinegar.