Dish (?), n. [AS. disc, L. discus dish, disc, quoit, fr. Gr. quoit, fr. to throw. Cf. Dais, Desk, Disc, Discus.]
1.
A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table.
She brought forth butter in a lordly dish.
Judg. v. 25.
2.
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."
Shak.
Home-home dishes that drive one from home.
Hood.
3.
The state of being concave, or like a dish, or the degree of such concavity; as, the dish of a wheel.
4.
A hollow place, as in a field.
Ogilvie.
5. Mining (a)
A trough about 28 inches long, 4 deep, and 6 wide, in which ore is measured.
(b)
That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.
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Dish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dished (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dishing.]
1.
To put in a dish, ready for the table.
2.
To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes.
3.
To frustrate; to beat; to ruin.
[Low]
To dish out.
1. To serve out of a dish; to distribute in portions at table.
2. Arch. To hollow out, as a gutter in stone or wood. -- To dish up, to take (food) from the oven, pots, etc., and put in dishes to be served at table.
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