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A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a
vivarium. |
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An artificial bed of oysters. |
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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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To be seethed or cooked in a slow, gentle manner, or in
heat and moisture. |
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A place of stewing or seething; a place where hot bathes
are furnished; a hothouse. |
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A brothel; -- usually in the plural. |
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A prostitute. |
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A dish prepared by stewing; as, a stewof pigeons. |
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A state of agitating excitement; a state of worry;
confusion; as, to be in a stew. |
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