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Lashing vs Mashing - What's the difference?

lashing | mashing |

As nouns the difference between lashing and mashing

is that lashing is something used to tie something or lash it to something while mashing is the action of soaking malted barley etc., in order to convert starch into sugars as part of the brewing process.

As verbs the difference between lashing and mashing

is that lashing is present participle of lang=en while mashing is present participle of lang=en.

lashing

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something used to tie something or lash it to something.
    • The lashings , that were holding the chest to the deck of the storm tossed ship, broke and it went overboard.
  • (in the form "lashings of"): plenty of
    • Lashings of ginger beer
  • The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement.
    • (South)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (Ireland, slang) raining heavily.

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    mashing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (wikipedia mashing) (en noun)
  • The action of soaking malted barley etc., in order to convert starch into sugars as part of the brewing process.
  • * 1835 , Robert Dundas Thomson, ?Thomas Thomson, Records of General Science (volume 2, page 459)
    • More hot water is added, and the mashing process repeated, until the grain has been wholly deprived of its saccharine matter, which is generally accomplished by three, or at the most, four mashings
  • Preparing tea (in a teapot).

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