mess with

Verb

obsolete slang

(obsolete) To eat with. / (slang) To interfere with. / (slang) To diss; to put down. / (slang) To joke around with or dupe someone, in either a friendly or unfriendly manner.

Japanese Meaning

（古い用法）一緒に食事をする / （俗語）邪魔をする・干渉する / （俗語）侮辱する・見下す / （俗語）ふざける・誰かをからかうまたは騙す

What is this buttons?

The old sailor would mess with his shipmates at every port, sharing whatever scraps they had.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その老いた船乗りは、寄港するたびに船仲間とともに食事をし、手に入る残り物を分け合った。

Details

Sense（1）

(obsolete) To eat with.

Resolved 18. That no Guide or Interpreter whether at the Factory Depot or Inland be permitted to mess with Commissioned Gentlemen or Clerks in charge of Posts; but while at the Depot they will be allowed per Week 4 days ordinary rations...

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