Stew

·noun An artificial bed of oysters.

II. Stew ·vt A Prostitute.

III. Stew ·vt A brothel;

— usually in the plural.

IV. Stew ·vt A dish prepared by stewing; as, a stewof pigeons.

V. Stew ·noun A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium.

VI. Stew ·vi To be seethed or cooked in a slow, gentle manner, or in heat and moisture.

VII. Stew ·vt A state of agitating excitement; a state of worry; confusion; as, to be in a stew.

VIII. Stew ·vt A place of stewing or seething; a place where hot bathes are furnished; a hothouse.

IX. Stew ·vt 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.