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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishstewe,stue, fromAnglo-Normanestouve,Old Frenchestuve(“bath, bathhouse”) (modernFrenchétuve), fromMedieval Latinstupha, of uncertain origin. Perhaps fromVulgar Latin*extufāre, fromex- +Ancient Greekτῦφος(tûphos,“smoke, steam”), fromτύφω(túphō,“to smoke”). See also Italianstufare, Portugueseestufar. Compare alsoOld Englishstuf-bæþ(“a hot-air bath, vapour bath”); seestove.

Noun

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stew (usuallyuncountable,pluralstews)

  1. (obsolete) A cooking-dish used for boiling; acauldron.[14th–17th c.]
  2. (now historical) Aheated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hotbath.[from 14th c.]
    • 1485,Sir Thomas Malory, “primum”, inLe Morte Darthur, book XI:
      And when he came to the chamber there as this lady was the dores of yron vnlocked and vnbolted / And so syr launcelot wente in to the chambre that was as hote as onystewe / And there syr launcelot toke the fayrest lady by the hand / that euer he sawe / and she was naked as a nedel
      And when he came to the chamber thereas this lady was, the doors of iron unlocked and unbolted. And so Sir Launcelot went into the chamber that was as hot as anystew. And there Sir Launcelot took the fairest lady by the hand that ever he saw, and she was naked as a needle
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  3. (archaic) Abrothel.[from 14th c.]
    • 1643,John Milton,Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce:
      [...] and the agrieved person shall doe more manly, to be extraordinary and singular in claiming the due right whereof he is frustrated, then to piece up his lost contentment by visiting theStews, or stepping to his neighbours bed, which is the common shift in this mis-fortune, or els by suffering his usefull life to wast away and be lost under a secret affliction of an unconscionable size to humane strength.
    • 1681,John Dryden,Absalom and Achitophel:
      And rak'd, for converts, even the court andstews.
    • 1835,Thomas Babington Macaulay,Sir James Mackintosh:
      Because he was chaste, the precinct of his temple is filled with licensedstews.
    • 1977, Gãmini Salgãdo,The Elizabethan Underworld, Folio Society, published2006, page37:
      Although whores were permitted to sit at the door of thestew, they could not solicit in any way nor ‘chide or throw stones’ at passers-by.
  4. (obsolete) Aprostitute.
    • 1650,Anthony Weldon,The Court and Character of King James I:
      But it was so plotted betwixt the Lady, her Husband, and Bristol, that instead of that beauty, he had a notoriousStew sent him, and surely his carriage there was so lascivious...
  5. (uncountable, countable) Adish cooked bystewing.[from 18th c.]
    • 1870, Charles Dickens,The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Wordsworth Classics, published1998, page367:
      I noticed then that there was nothing to drink on the table but brandy, and nothing to eat but salted herrings, and a hot, sickly, highly pepperedstew.
  6. (Sussex) Apool in whichfish are kept in preparation for eating.
    Synonym:stewpond
  7. (US, regional) Anartificialbed ofoysters.
  8. (slang) A state of agitatedexcitement,worry, orconfusion.
    to be in astew
  9. (broadcasting, slang) Unwantedbackground noise recorded by themicrophone.
    mikestew
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dish
excitement
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Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishstewen,stuwen, from the noun above; and also fromMiddle Englishstiven,styven(“to bathe, cook, stew”).

Verb

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stew (third-person singular simple presentstews,present participlestewing,simple past and past participlestewed)

  1. (transitive or intransitive or ergative) Tocook (food) by slowlyboiling orsimmering.
    I'm going tostew some meat for the casserole.
    The meat isstewing nicely.
  2. (transitive) Tobrew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.
  3. (intransitive, figuratively) Tosuffer underuncomfortablyhotconditions.
    • 1889,Rudyard Kipling, “At the Pit's Mouth”, inUnder the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published1899, page50:
      It was an honest letter, written by an honest man, thenstewing in the Plains on two hundred rupees a month (for he allowed his wife eight hundred and fifty), and in a silk banian and cotton trousers.
  4. (intransitive, figuratively) To be in a state ofelevatedanxiety oranger.
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to cook (food)
to brew (tea)
to suffer under hot conditions
to be in a state of elevated anxiety

Etymology 3

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Clipping ofsteward orstewardess.

Noun

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stew (pluralstews)

  1. (informal) Asteward orstewardess on anairplane orboat.
    • 1967, Trudy Baker, Rachel Jones,Donald Bain (uncredited),Coffee, Tea, or Me?: The Uninhibited Memoirs of Two Airline Stewardesses, New York: Bantam Books,page243:
      It is our considered and combined judgement that Germans and actors share honors for being the cheapest dates astew can accept.
    • 1975 November 3,Mordecai Richler, “The Perils of Maureen”, inNew York, volume 8, number44,page 8:
      And then, working as astew for American Airlines, Mo met another older man[…].
    • 1991,Tom Clancy,The Sum of All Fears‎[1], published1992,→ISBN, page480:
      "[…]We want to know what he's going to be saying on his airplane."
      "I don't have the legs to dress up as astew, doc. Besides, I never learned to do the tea ceremony, either."
    • 1992 January, Skip Hollandsworth, “Doing the Hustle”, inTexas Monthly, volume20, number 1,→ISSN,page52:
      Dallas was also becoming known as a "stew zoo" because so many flight attendants were relocating there to work for Southwest, Braniff, and American Airlines.

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