2. Verb. (third-person singular of stew) ¹
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Definition of Stews
1. stew [v] - See also: stew
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stews
Literary usage of Stews
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, James Nichols (1842)
"At this time also, by the king's command, were the stews suppressed.* A line or
two, I hope, will not defile our Church- History, in the description and ..."
2. An Ecclesiastical History of Great Britain, Chiefly of England: From the by Jeremy Collier (1840)
"Another circumstance of advantage to his memory, was the The stews ... They were
called stews, because the place at first was furnished with ponds for ..."
3. A Law Dictionary: Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States by John Bouvier (1856)
"These places were so called because the dissolute persons who visited them prepared
themselves by bathing ; the word stews being derived from the old French ..."
4. Lessons in Cookery by Frances Elizabeth Stewart (1918)
"MEAT stews Dinner Beef stew with dumplings Baked potatoes Lettuce Bread and butter
Fresh fruit TYPES OF MEAT FOR stews The tougher cuts of meat may be used ..."
5. A survey of London by John Stow (1842)
"... the Single Woman's churchyard, appointed for them far from the parish church.
In the year of Christ 1540, the 37th of Henry VIII., this row of stews in ..."
6. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1829)
"The majority of for CONCUBINES, to SUPPLY the stews children brought from the
hills," says AND ... stews ..."
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