STEW
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Stew (?), n. [Cf. Stow.] 1. A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Chaucer. Evelyn.
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2. An artificial bed of oysters. [Local, U.S.]
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Stew, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stewed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Stewing.] [OE. stuven, OF. estuver, F. étuver, fr. OF. estuve, F. étuve, a sweating house, a room heated for a bath; probably of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. stove. See Stove, and cf. Stive to stew.] To boil slowly, or with the simmering or moderate heat; to seethe; to cook in a little liquid, over a gentle fire, without boiling; as, to stew meat; to stew oysters; to stew apples.
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Stew (?), v. i. To be seethed or cooked in a slow, gentle manner, or in heat and moisture.
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Stew, n. [OE. stue, stuwe, OF. estuve. See Stew, v. t.] 1. A place of stewing or seething; a place where hot bathes are furnished; a hothouse. [Obs.]
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As burning Ætna from his boiling stew
Doth belch out flames.
Spenser.
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The Lydians were inhibited by Cyrus to use any armor, and give themselves to baths and stews.
Abp. Abbot.
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2. A brothel; -- usually in the plural. Bacon. South.
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There be that hate harlots, and never were at the stews.
Aschman.
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3. A prostitute. [Obs.] Sir A. Weldon.
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4. A dish prepared by stewing; as, a stewof pigeons.
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5. A state of agitating excitement; a state of worry; confusion; as, to be in a stew. [Colloq.]
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