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Stew :: 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..

Factor :: Factor (n.) A steward or bailiff of an estate.

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..

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

Major-domo :: Major-domo (n.) A man who has authority to act, within certain limits, as master of the house; a steward; also, a chief minister or officer..

Stewartry :: Stewartry (n.) The office of a steward; stewardship.

Stewpot :: Stewpan (n.) A pan used for stewing.

Fricassee :: Fricassee (n.) A dish made of fowls, veal, or other meat of small animals cut into pieces, and stewed in a gravy..

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..

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..

Water Souchy :: Water souchy () A dish consisting of small fish stewed and served in a little water.

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

Stew :: Stewing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ste.

Steward :: Steward (n.) A fiscal agent of certain bodies; as, a steward in a Methodist church..

Stewardess :: Steward (v. t.) To manage as a steward.

Bailiff :: Bailiff (n.) An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc..

Landreeve :: Landreeve (n.) A subordinate officer on an extensive estate, who acts as an assistant to the steward..

Codling :: Codling (n.) An apple fit to stew or coddle.

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

Stewpan :: Stewish (a.) Suiting a stew, or brothel..

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