Definition of stew

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Stew (v. t.) 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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Olio :: Olio (n.) A dish of stewed meat of different kinds.
Reeve :: Reeve (n.) an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve, etc..
Wasteweir :: Wasteweir (n.) An overfall, or weir, for the escape, or overflow, of superfluous water from a canal, reservoir, pond, or the like..
Factor :: Factor (n.) A steward or bailiff of an estate.
Stewartry :: Stewartry (n.) The office of a steward; stewardship.
Stewardess :: Steward (v. t.) To manage as a steward.
Steward :: Stew (v. t.) A state of agitating excitement; a state of worry; confusion; as, to be in a stew..
Stew :: Stew (v. i.) To be seethed or cooked in a slow, gentle manner, or in heat and moisture..
Haricot :: Haricot (n.) A ragout or stew of meat with beans and other vegetables.
Comprador :: Comprador (n.) A kind of steward or agent.
Steward :: Steward (n.) A fiscal agent of certain bodies; as, a steward in a Methodist church..
Okra :: Okra (n.) An annual plant (Abelmoschus, / Hibiscus, esculentus), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo..
Dispender :: Dispender (n.) One who dispends or expends; a steward.
Salmis :: Salmis (n.) A ragout of partly roasted game stewed with sauce, wine, bread, and condiments suited to provoke appetite..
Codling :: Codling (n.) An apple fit to stew or coddle.
Stewpan :: Stewish (a.) Suiting a stew, or brothel..
Stewardship :: Stewardly (adv.) In a manner, or with the care, of a steward..
Copyhold :: Copyhold (n.) A tenure of estate by copy of court roll; or a tenure for which the tenant has nothing to show, except the rolls made by the steward of the lord's court..
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..
Provisor :: Provisor (n.) The purveyor, steward, or treasurer of a religious house..
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