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61Stew Alley Stairs — At the south end of Stew Lane, in Queenhithe Ward (Lockie, 1816) Not named in the maps …
62Stew Key — Lands and tenements in Petty Wales called Stew key in parish of All Hallows Barking, 1466 (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 33). Not further identified …
63stew — steward [ stiwart ] n. m. • 1833 « majordome »; mot angl. 1 ♦ Maître d hôtel ou garçon de service à bord d un paquebot. 2 ♦ Cour. Membre masculin du personnel de cabine d un avion, chargé du service des passagers. Le steward et l hôtesse. Abrév.… …
64stew — [14] The cooking sense of stew is a secondary development, first recorded in English in the 15th century. It originally denoted ‘take a steam bath’. It came via Old French estuver from Vulgar Latin *extūfāre. This was a compound verb formed from… …
65stew meat — N UNCOUNT Stew meat is the same as stewing steak. [AM] …
66stew in one's own juice — informal be left to suffer the consequences of one s own actions. → stew …
67stew — stew1 noun 1》 a dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly in liquid in a closed dish or pan. 2》 informal a state of anxiety or agitation. 3》 archaic a public room used for hot steam baths. ↘a brothel. verb 1》 cook or be cooked slowly in… …
68stew — [stjuː] noun [C/U] I a dish made by cooking vegetables, and usually meat or fish, slowly in a liquid II verb [T] stew [stjuː] to cook something slowly in a liquid …
69stew in one's own juice — idi stew in one s own juice, to suffer the consequences of one s own actions …
70stew — [14] The cooking sense of stew is a secondary development, first recorded in English in the 15th century. It originally denoted ‘take a steam bath’. It came via Old French estuver from Vulgar Latin *extūfāre. This was a compound verb formed from… …
