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Pronunciation : Stew
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. Stow.]
Definition : 1. A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Chaucer. Evelyn.

2. An artificial bed of oysters. [Local, U.S.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Stew
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. stuven, OF. estuver, F. ?tuver, fr. OF. estuve, F. ?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.]
Definition : Defn: 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Stewed; p. pr. & vb. n. Stewing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Stew
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To be seethed or cooked in a slow, gentle manner, or in heat and moisture.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Stew
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. stue, stuwe, OF. estuve. See Stew, v. t.]
Definition : 1. A place of stewing or seething; a place where hot bathes are furnished; a hothouse. [Obs.] As burning ?tna from his boiling stew Doth belch out flames. Spenser. The Lydians were inhibited by Cyrus to use any armor, and give themselves to baths and stews. Abp. Abbot.

2. A brothel; -- usually in the plural. Bacon. South. There be that hate harlots, and never were at the stews. Aschman.

3. A prostitute. [Obs.] Sir A. Weldon.

4. A dish prepared by stewing; as, a stewof pigeons.

5. A state of agitating excitement; a state of worry; confusion; as, to be in a stew. [Colloq.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913