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Braise :: Braise (v. t.) To stew or broil in a covered kettle or pan.

Steward :: Steward (n.) In Scotland, a magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands..

Stewartry :: Stewartry (n.) An overseer or superintendent.

Stew :: Stew (v. t.) A brothel; -- usually in the plural.

Greencloth :: Greencloth (n.) A board or court of justice formerly held in the counting house of the British sovereign's household, composed of the lord steward and his officers, and having cognizance of matters of justice in the household, with power to correct offenders and keep the peace within the verge of the palace, which extends two hundred yards beyond the gates..

Verge :: Verge (n.) The compass of the court of Marshalsea and the Palace court, within which the lord steward and the marshal of the king's household had special jurisdiction; -- so called from the verge, or staff, which the marshal bore..

Stewing :: Stewed (imp. & p. p.) of Ste.

Graff :: Graff (n.) A steward; an overseer.

Dispender :: Dispender (n.) One who dispends or expends; a steward.

Stew :: Stew (v. t.) A dish prepared by stewing; as, a stewof pigeons..

Cellarer :: Cellarer (n.) A steward or butler of a monastery or chapter; one who has charge of procuring and keeping the provisions.

Seneschal :: Seneschal (n.) An officer in the houses of princes and dignitaries, in the Middle Ages, who had the superintendence of feasts and domestic ceremonies; a steward. Sometimes the seneschal had the dispensing of justice, and was given high military commands..

Zoutch :: Zoutch (v. t.) To stew, as flounders, eels, etc., with just enough or liquid to cover them..

Olla-podrida :: Olla-podrida (n.) A favorite Spanish dish, consisting of a mixture of several kinds of meat chopped fine, and stewed with vegetables..

Apple Pie :: Apple pie () A pie made of apples (usually sliced or stewed) with spice and sugar.

Hotchpotch :: Hotchpotch (n.) A mingled mass; a confused mixture; a stew of various ingredients; a hodgepodge.

Manciple :: Manciple (n.) A steward; a purveyor, particularly of a college or Inn of Court..

Comprador :: Comprador (n.) A kind of steward or agent.

Swainship :: Swainmote (n.) A court held before the verders of the forest as judges, by the steward of the court, thrice every year, the swains, or freeholders, within the forest composing the jury..

Dapifer :: Dapifer (n.) One who brings meat to the table; hence, in some countries, the official title of the grand master or steward of the king's or a nobleman's household..

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