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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stew \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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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stew \Stew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stewed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stewing.] [OE. stuven, OF. estuver, F. ['e]tuver, fr. OF.
estuve, F. ['e]tuve, 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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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stew \Stew\, v. i.
To be seethed or cooked in a slow, gentle manner, or in heat
and moisture.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stew \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 Aetna 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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WordNet stew
n 1: agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a
stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams" [syn: fret, sweat,
lather, swither]
2: food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with
vegetables
v 1: be in a huff; be silent or sullen [syn: grizzle, brood]
2: bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings [syn: grudge]
3: cook slowly and for a long time in liquid; "Stew the
vegetables in wine"

Moby Dictionary
B-girl , Cyprian , Irish stew , Paphian , ado , agitation , agonize ,
all sorts , all-overs , angst , anxiety , anxiety hysteria ,
anxiety neurosis , anxious bench , anxious concern , anxious seat ,
anxiousness , apply the mind , apprehension , apprehensiveness ,
assemblage , assortment , baffle , bafflement , bagnio , bake , barbecue ,
baste , bawdy house , bawdyhouse , be in heat , be livid , be pissed ,
befuddlement , bewilderment , bind , blanch , blaze , bloom , bluster ,
boil , booze up , boozehound , boozify , bordello , bother , botheration ,
bottle sucker , bouillabaisse , braise , breathless impatience , brew ,
broad spectrum , broil , brothel , brown , bum , burn , burn to , burst ,
bustle , call girl , cankerworm of care , care , carry on , cathouse ,
chafe , chafing , chaos , choke , chowder , churn , clip joint , cloud ,
clutch , coddle , combust , commotion , complication , concern ,
concernment , confoundment , confusion , conglomeration , cook , crib ,
crock , crunch , curry , daughter of joy , daze , den , den of thieves ,
den of vice , devil , dilemma , discombobulation , discomfiture ,
discomposure , disconcert , disconcertedness , disconcertion ,
disconcertment , disorder , disorderly house , disorganization ,
disorientation , disquiet , disquietude , distill , distress ,
disturbance , dither , dive , do , do to perfection , dread , dudgeon ,
dump , eagerness , elbow bender , embarrassing position ,
embarrassment , enigma , erring sister , etuvee , excitement ,
fallen woman , fear , feery-fary , ferment , fidgetiness ,
fille de joie , fine how-do-you-do , fire , fit , fix , flame , flame up ,
flap , flare , flare up , fleshpots , flicker , flummox , flurry , flush ,
fluster , flusteration , flustration , flutter , flutteriness , foam ,
fog , foofaraw , foreboding , forebodingness , frenzy , fret ,
fret and fume , fretfulness , fretting , fricassee , frizz , frizzle ,
fry , fuddle , fuddlement , fume , fuss , fussiness , gallimaufry , gasp ,
get excited , ginhound , glow , go on , goulash , griddle , grill ,
gyp joint , hammer at , hammer away at , hardly wait , harlot , hash ,
haste , hasten , have a conniption , haze , heat , hell to pay ,
high dudgeon , hobble , hodgepodge , hole , hooch hound , hooker ,
hot water , hotchpot , hotchpotch , house of assignation ,
house of joy , house of prostitution , how-do-you-do , hubbub , huff ,
hullabaloo , hustler , imbroglio , impatience , impatientness ,
impetuousness , incandesce , inquietude , itch to , jam , joint , jumble ,
jump the gun , lair , lather , lush , lusher , maelstrom , magpie ,
malaise , mash , maze , meat stew , medley , melange , meretrix , mess ,
miff , mingle-mangle , miscellany , misgiving , mishmash , mist , mix ,
mixed bag , mixture , morass , muddle , muddlement , mulligan ,
mulligan stew , mystery , nervous strain , nervous tension ,
nervousness , nonplus , odds and ends , olio , olla , olla podrida ,
omnium-gatherum , oven-bake , overanxiety , overtake , oyster stew ,
paella , painted woman , pan , pan-broil , panel den , panel house ,
pant , parboil , parch , parlous straits , pass , pasticcio , pastiche ,
patchwork , perplexity , perturbation , pet , pickle , pinch ,
pins and needles , pique , pissed off , plaster , plight , poach ,
pollute , pother , potpourri , poule , predicament , prepare ,
prepare food , pretty pass , pretty pickle , pretty predicament ,
problem , prostitute , pucker , puzzle , puzzle over , puzzlement ,
quagmire , quandary , quicksand , radiate heat , rage , ragout ,
raise Cain , raise hell , raise the devil , raise the roof , rant ,
rant and rave , rave , red-light district , restiveness , restlessness ,
riddle , roast , ruffle , rum hound , rummy , salad , salmagundi , sauce ,
saute , scald , scallop , scarlet woman , scorch , scramble , scrape ,
sear , seethe , seraglio , shimmer with heat , shirr , shuffle , simmer ,
sink of iniquity , sizzle , slough , smoke , smolder , smother ,
smoulder , soak , solicitude , souse , spark , spasm , sponge , sporting ,
sporting house , spot , spurt , squeeze , squirm , state , steam ,
stew over , stews , sticky wicket , stifle , stir , stir-fry , stone ,
storm , strain , strait , straits , streetwalker , suffocate , suspense ,
swack , swamp , sweat , sweat and stew , sweat it out , swelter ,
swillbelly , swillbowl , swillpot , swirl , swivet , take on ,
tenderloin , tense readiness , tension , think hard , throw a fit ,
tiff , tight spot , tight squeeze , tightrope , tipsify , tizzy , to-do ,
toast , tricky spot , trouble , tumult , turmoil , twitter ,
twitteration , unassuredness , uneasiness , unfortunate woman ,
unholy mess , unpatientness , unquiet , unquietness , unsettlement ,
upset , vexation , vortex , wait impatiently , what you will , whirl ,
white slave , whore , whorehouse , wino , worry , zeal