lose the number of one's mess
To die, to perish.
"What do you think we come to sea for? If we can take a man-of-war of our own size she's worth half a dozen merchant craft, though, to be sure, some of us may lose the number of ou
mess
UK /mɛs/ US /mɛs/
noun 9verb 8name 1
Definitions
noun
1
a thing or group of things in a disagreeable, disorganised, or dirty state; hence a bad situation
No, look, I know that the place looks like a bit of a mess but it's actually a very delicate ecosystem. Everything is connected. It's like the rainforest. You change one thing, even the tiniest bit, and the whooole rainforest dies. You don't want the rainforest to die, do ya?
He made a mess of it.
2
a large quantity or number
Messerschmidts! A whole mess of Messerschmidts!
My boss dumped a whole mess of projects on my desk today.
3
excrement.
There was dog mess all along the street.
Did you hear that? It scared the mess out of me.
4
a person in a state of (especially emotional) turmoil or disarray; an emotional wreck
Between the pain and the depression, I'm a mess.
He's been a mess and a half ever since you excommunicated him.
verb
1
To make untidy or dirty.
It seems like all you do is cry, eat, and mess your diapers!
2
To make untidy or dirty.
3
To throw into disorder or to ruin.
But it wasn't right to be messing another man's sleep with tidal waves that didn't belong to the other man.
4
To interfere.
This doesn't concern you. Don't mess.
noun
1
Mass; a church service.
2
A quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for a person or party for one meal; also, the food given to an animal at one time.
c. 1555, Hugh Latimer, letter to one in prison for the profession of the Gospel a mess of pottage
At their savoury dinner set / Of herbs and other country messes.
3
A number of persons who eat together, and for whom food is prepared in common, especially military personnel who eat at the same table.
the wardroom mess
But that our Feaſts / In euery Meſſe, haue folly; and the Feeders / Digeſt with a Cuſtome,
4
A building or room in which mess is eaten.
The police mess had formerly been a maternity home for the wives of the Sultans of the state. Faded and tatty, peeling, floorboards eaten and unpolished, its philoprogenitive glory was a memory only.
5
a type of restaurant characterized by homely-style cooking and food.
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