(1):
(n.) An artificial bed of oysters.
(2):
(n.) A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium.
(3):
(v. t.) A state of agitating excitement; a state of worry; confusion; as, to be in a stew.
(4):
(v. t.) 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.
(5):
(v. i.) To be seethed or cooked in a slow, gentle manner, or in heat and moisture.
(6):
(v. t.) A place of stewing or seething; a place where hot bathes are furnished; a hothouse.
(7):
(v. t.) A brothel; - usually in the plural.
(8):
(v. t.) A prostitute.
(9):
(v. t.) A dish prepared by stewing; as, a stewof pigeons.