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verb

Dish v. t. (past & past part. dished; pres. part. dishing)

To put in a dish, ready for the table.

To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes.

To frustrate; to beat; to ruin. (Low)

To talk about (a person) in a disparaging manner; to gossip about (a person); as, the secretaries spent their break time dishing the newest employee. (slang)

To dish out.

To serve out of a dish; to distribute in portions at table.

(Arch.) To hollow out, as a gutter in stone or wood.

to dispense freely; also used figuratively; as, to dish out punishment; to dish out abuse or insult.

To dish up, to take (food) from the oven, pots, etc., and put in dishes to be served at table.

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"Dished" Quotes from Famous Books

... our ancestors never could be got to realize the Maryland climate, and would rarely build themselves wide verandas suitable to that colony. At Carvel Hall we had, to be sure, the cool spring house under the willows for sultry days, with its pool dished out for bathing; and a trellised arbour, and octagonal summer house with seats where my mother was wont to sit sewing while my grandfather dreamed over his pipe. On the lawn stood the oaks and walnuts and ...

— The Crossing • Winston Churchill

... at length quite ready, Captain Cuttle dished and served it up, with no less dexterity than he had cooked it. He then dressed for dinner, by taking off his glazed hat and putting on his coat. That done, he wheeled the table close against Florence on the sofa, said ...

— Dombey and Son • Charles Dickens

... already in place, immediately put before each guest. The roll, or piece of bread, should be at once removed from the folds of the napkin, and the servants, when all are seated, pass red and black pepper. The oyster plates are then removed and plates of soup follow, dished from a side table by the head waiter, and served by two others, who pass down opposite sides of the table carrying each two dishes. Where two kinds of soup are provided, each guest is ...

— Social Life - or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society • Maud C. Cooke

... Beat up three eggs with two ounces of fresh butter, or well-washed salt butter; add a teaspoonful of cream or new milk. Put all in a saucepan and keep stirring it over the fire for nearly five minutes, until it rises up like scuffle, when it should be immediately dished ...

— Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 • Barkham Burroughs

... of the table; the size and costume of the servants; enumerated the dishes and wines served; the ornaments of the sideboard; and the probable value of the plate. Such a dinner he calculated could not be dished up under fifteen or eighteen dollars per head. And he was in the habit, until very lately, of sending over proteges, with letters of recommendation to the present Marquis of Steyne, encouraged to do so by the intimate terms on which he had lived ...

— Vanity Fair • William Makepeace Thackeray

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