Dish (dĭsh), n. [AS. disc, L. discus dish, disc, quoit, fr. Gr. δίσκοσ quoit, fr. δικει̑ν to throw. Cf. Dais, Desk, Disc, Discus.] 1. A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table.
She brought forth butter in a lordly dish. Judg. v. 25.
2. The food served in a dish; hence, any particular kind of food; as, a cold dish; a warm dish; a delicious dish. “A dish fit for the gods.” Shak.
Home-home dishes that drive one from home. Hood.
3. The state of being concave, or like a dish, or the degree of such concavity; as, the dish of a wheel.
4. A hollow place, as in a field. Ogilvie.
5. (Mining) (a) A trough about 28 inches long, 4 deep, and 6 wide, in which ore is measured. (b) That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.