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(1):

(n.) An artificial bed of oysters.

(2):

(n.) A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium.

(3):

(v. t.) A state of agitating excitement; a state of worry; confusion; as, to be in a stew.

(4):

(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.

(5):

(v. i.) To be seethed or cooked in a slow, gentle manner, or in heat and moisture.

(6):

(v. t.) A place of stewing or seething; a place where hot bathes are furnished; a hothouse.

(7):

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

(8):

(v. t.) A prostitute.

(9):

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

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Stew'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/stew.html. 1828.
 
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