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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stew \Stew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stewed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Stewing}.] [OE. stuven, OF. estuver, F. ['e]tuver, fr. OF.
     estuve, F. ['e]tuve, a sweating house, a room heated for a
     bath; probably of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. stove. See
     {Stove}, and cf. {Stive} to stew.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stewing
       n 1: an extreme state of worry and agitation; "his stewing over
            the fight kept him awake most of the night"
       2: cooking in a boiling liquid [syn: {boiling}, {simmering}]

















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