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