From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mash \Mash\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Mashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mashing}.] [Akin to G. meischen, maischen, to mash, mix, and prob. to mischen, E. mix. See 2d {Mash}.] To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; to bruise; to crush; as, to mash apples in a mill, or potatoes with a pestle. Specifically (Brewing), to convert, as malt, or malt and meal, into the mash which makes wort.
{Mashing tub}, a tub for making the mash in breweries and distilleries; -- called also {mash tun}, and {mash vat}.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "mashing": abrasion, atomization, attrition, beating, brecciation, comminution, crumbling, crushing, detrition, disintegration, fragmentation, granulation, granulization, grating, grinding, levigation, pounding, powdering, shredding, smashing, trituration
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