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Definition of Stewed
1. Adjective. Cooked in hot water.
Definition of Stewed
1. Adjective. Having been cooked by slowly boiling or simmering. See stew. ¹
2. Adjective. Intoxicated by an excess of alcohol. ¹
3. Adjective. (Of tea) Bitter from having been steeped too long. ¹
4. Verb. (past of stew) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stewed
1. stew [v] - See also: stew
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stewed
Literary usage of Stewed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean by William Mariner, John Martin (1818)
"... talo leaves heated or stewed with the expressed juice of the cocoa-nut. ...
of the substance of young cocoa-nuts, with their milk stewed together. ..."
2. The Home Cook Book: A Collection of Practical Receipts by Expert Cooks (1905)
"... stewed FRUITS The Boon of an Apple Barrel—The Care of Apples—Cooked Apples—Apples
... stewed Dried Apricots—stewed Cranberries—Baked Pears—stewed Dried ..."
3. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1884)
"But it is by no means necessary to render stewed fruit objectionable by adding much
... Deprived of this excess of added sugar, stewed fruit can not only be ..."
4. Modern Cookery, in All Its Branches: Reduced to a System of Easy Practice by Eliza Acton (1858)
"ANOTHER RECEIPT FOR stewed PEACHES. Should the fruit be not perfectly ripe, ...
The fruit is sometimes pared, divided, and stoned, then gently stewed until ..."
5. The Dinner Year-book by Marion Harland (1878)
"stewed Tomatoes with Onion. stewed Pears with Rice. OX-CHEEK SOUP. ... stewed CALF'S
HEARTS. Wash two fresh calfs hearts ; stuff with a force-meat of crumbs ..."
6. Modern Cookery, in All Its Branches: Reduced to a System of Easy Practice by Eliza Acton (1845)
"stewed DUCK. (ENTREE.) The ducks may be served with a small portion only of their
sauce, ... A duck is often stewed without being divided into joints. ..."