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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

2 entries under this word

Dish

Dish, n.

noun

n. [A-S. disc, dix. See Desk and Disk.]

  1. A broad open vessel, used for serving up food at the table.
  2. The food served in a dish; hence, any particular kind of food; as, a cold dish; a warm dish; a delicious dish.
  3. The state of being concave or like a disk; as, the dish of a wheel.
  4. A hollow place in a field. Ogilvie.
  5. (Mining.) (a.) A trough in which ore is measured, about 28 inches long, 4 deep, and 6 wide. (b.) That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land-owner or proprietor.

Dish, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. DISHED (disht); p. pr. & vb. n. DISHING.]

  1. To put in a dish, ready for serving at table.
  2. To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes to the nave.
  3. To frustrate or disappoint. [Low.]