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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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..
Stewpot :: Stewpan (n.) A pan used for stewing.
#NAME? :: -ship (n.) A suffix denoting state, office, dignity, profession, or art; as in lordship, friendship, chancellorship, stewardship, horsemanship..
Zoutch :: Zoutch (v. t.) To stew, as flounders, eels, etc., with just enough or liquid to cover them..
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..
Lobscouse :: Lobscouse (n.) A combination of meat with vegetables, bread, etc., usually stewed, sometimes baked; an olio..
Factor :: Factor (n.) A steward or bailiff of an estate.
Stew :: Stewing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ste.
Reve :: Reve (n.) An officer, steward, or governor..
Stew :: Stew (v. t.) A dish prepared by stewing; as, a stewof pigeons..
Stewpan :: Stewish (a.) Suiting a stew, or brothel..
Stew :: Stew (v. t.) A prostitute.
Piepowder :: Piepowder (n.) An ancient court of record in England, formerly incident to every fair and market, of which the steward of him who owned or had the toll was the judge..
Saucepan :: Saucepan (n.) A small pan with a handle, in which sauce is prepared over a fire; a stewpan..
Stew :: Stew (v. t.) A brothel; -- usually in the plural.
Bailiff :: Bailiff (n.) An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc..
Stewish :: Stewartry (n.) In Scotland, the jurisdiction of a steward; also, the lands under such jurisdiction..
Sergeant :: Sergeant (n.) Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders. He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their commands, and another attends the Court Chancery..
Comprador :: Comprador (n.) A kind of steward or agent.
Olio :: Olio (n.) A dish of stewed meat of different kinds.
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