| slovo | definícia |
stew
(mass) | stew
- dusiť |
stew
(encz) | stew,dusit |
stew
(encz) | stew,nepokoj n: PetrV |
stew
(encz) | stew,podusit |
stew
(encz) | stew,sádka Zdeněk Brož |
stew
(encz) | stew,strach n: PetrV |
stew
(encz) | stew,zmatek n: PetrV |
Stew
(gcide) | Stew \Stew\, v. i.
To be seethed or cooked in a slow, gentle manner, or in heat
and moisture.
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Stew
(gcide) | Stew \Stew\, n. [OE. stue, stuwe, OF. estuve. See Stew, v. t.]
1. A place of stewing or seething; a place where hot bathes
are furnished; a hothouse. [Obs.]
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As burning Aetna from his boiling stew
Doth belch out flames. --Spenser.
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The Lydians were inhibited by Cyrus to use any
armor, and give themselves to baths and stews.
--Abp. Abbot.
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2. A brothel; -- usually in the plural. --Bacon. South.
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There be that hate harlots, and never were at the
stews. --Aschman.
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3. A prostitute. [Obs.] --Sir A. Weldon.
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4. A dish prepared by stewing; as, a stewof pigeons.
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5. A state of agitating excitement; a state of worry;
confusion; as, to be in a stew. [Colloq.]
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Stew
(gcide) | Stew \Stew\, n. [Cf. Stow.]
1. A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a
vivarium. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Chaucer. Evelyn.
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2. An artificial bed of oysters. [Local, U.S.]
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Stew
(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.
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stew
(wn) | stew
n 1: agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a
stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams" [syn: fret, stew,
sweat, lather, swither]
2: food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with
vegetables
v 1: be in a huff; be silent or sullen [syn: grizzle, brood,
stew]
2: bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings [syn: stew, grudge]
3: cook slowly and for a long time in liquid; "Stew the
vegetables in wine" |
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stew
(mass) | stew
- dusiť |
stewed fruit
(mass) | stewed fruit
- kompót |
chicken stew
(encz) | chicken stew, n: |
fish stew
(encz) | fish stew, n: |
global stewardship
(encz) | global stewardship, |
in a stew
(encz) | in a stew,v bryndě Zdeněk Brožin a stew,v rozpacích Zdeněk Brož |
irish stew
(encz) | Irish stew, |
lobster stew
(encz) | lobster stew, n: |
mulligan stew
(encz) | mulligan stew,kaše z dostupných věcí adj: Zdeněk Brož |
oyster stew
(encz) | oyster stew, n: |
product stewardship
(encz) | product stewardship,dozor nad výrobkem [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
shop steward
(encz) | shop steward,dílenský důvěrník shop steward,mluvčí odborářů |
stew
(encz) | stew,dusit stew,nepokoj n: PetrVstew,podusit stew,sádka Zdeněk Brožstew,strach n: PetrVstew,zmatek n: PetrV |
stew meat
(encz) | stew meat, n: |
steward
(encz) | steward,stevard n: |
stewardess
(encz) | stewardess,letuška n: stewardess,stevardka n: |
stewardesses
(encz) | stewardesses,letušky Jaroslav Šedivý |
stewards
(encz) | stewards,pořadatelé n: Zdeněk Brožstewards,stewardi Zdeněk Brož |
stewardship
(encz) | stewardship,správcovství |
stewart
(encz) | Stewart,Stewart n: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA, mužské křestní
jméno Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
stewed
(encz) | stewed,dušený |
stewed fruit
(encz) | stewed fruit,kompot |
stewing
(encz) | stewing, n: |
stewing pan
(encz) | stewing pan, n: |
stewpan
(encz) | stewpan, n: |
turkey stew
(encz) | turkey stew, n: |
wastewater
(encz) | wastewater, n: |
wasteweir
(encz) | wasteweir, n: |
wine steward
(encz) | wine steward, n: |
stewardi
(czen) | stewardi,stewards Zdeněk Brož |
stewart
(czen) | Stewart,Stewartn: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA, mužské křestní
jméno Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
High steward
(gcide) | High \High\, a. [Compar. Higher; superl. Highest.] [OE.
high, hegh, hey, heh, AS. he['a]h, h?h; akin to OS. h?h,
OFries. hag, hach, D. hoog, OHG. h?h, G. hoch, Icel. h?r, Sw.
h["o]g, Dan. h["o]i, Goth. hauhs, and to Icel. haugr mound,
G. h["u]gel hill, Lith. kaukaras.]
1. Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a
line, or surface; having altitude; lifted up; raised or
extended in the direction of the zenith; lofty; tall; as,
a high mountain, tower, tree; the sun is high.
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2. Regarded as raised up or elevated; distinguished;
remarkable; conspicuous; superior; -- used indefinitely or
relatively, and often in figurative senses, which are
understood from the connection; as
(a) Elevated in character or quality, whether moral or
intellectual; pre["e]minent; honorable; as, high aims,
or motives. "The highest faculty of the soul."
--Baxter.
(b) Exalted in social standing or general estimation, or
in rank, reputation, office, and the like; dignified;
as, she was welcomed in the highest circles.
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He was a wight of high renown. --Shak.
(c) Of noble birth; illustrious; as, of high family.
(d) Of great strength, force, importance, and the like;
strong; mighty; powerful; violent; sometimes,
triumphant; victorious; majestic, etc.; as, a high
wind; high passions. "With rather a high manner."
--Thackeray.
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Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
--Ps. lxxxix.
13.
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Can heavenly minds such high resentment show?
--Dryden.
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(e) Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount;
grand; noble.
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Both meet to hear and answer such high things.
--Shak.
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Plain living and high thinking are no more.
--Wordsworth.
(f) Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods
at a high price.
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If they must be good at so high a rate, they
know they may be safe at a cheaper. --South.
(g) Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; --
used in a bad sense.
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An high look and a proud heart . . . is sin.
--Prov. xxi.
4.
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His forces, after all the high discourses,
amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot.
--Clarendon.
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3. Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or
superior degree; as, high (i. e., intense) heat; high (i.
e., full or quite) noon; high (i. e., rich or spicy)
seasoning; high (i. e., complete) pleasure; high (i. e.,
deep or vivid) color; high (i. e., extensive, thorough)
scholarship, etc.
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High time it is this war now ended were. --Spenser.
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High sauces and spices are fetched from the Indies.
--Baker.
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4. (Cookery) Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures
do not cook game before it is high.
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5. (Mus.) Acute or sharp; -- opposed to grave or low; as,
a high note.
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6. (Phon.) Made with a high position of some part of the
tongue in relation to the palate, as [=e] ([=e]ve), [=oo]
(f[=oo]d). See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 10,
11.
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High admiral, the chief admiral.
High altar, the principal altar in a church.
High and dry, out of water; out of reach of the current or
tide; -- said of a vessel, aground or beached.
High and mighty arrogant; overbearing. [Colloq.]
High art, art which deals with lofty and dignified subjects
and is characterized by an elevated style avoiding all
meretricious display.
High bailiff, the chief bailiff.
High Church, & Low Church, two ecclesiastical parties in
the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church.
The high-churchmen emphasize the doctrine of the apostolic
succession, and hold, in general, to a sacramental
presence in the Eucharist, to baptismal regeneration, and
to the sole validity of Episcopal ordination. They attach
much importance to ceremonies and symbols in worship.
Low-churchmen lay less stress on these points, and, in
many instances, reject altogether the peculiar tenets of
the high-church school. See Broad Church.
High constable (Law), a chief of constabulary. See
Constable, n., 2.
High commission court, a court of ecclesiastical
jurisdiction in England erected and united to the regal
power by Queen Elizabeth in 1559. On account of the abuse
of its powers it was abolished in 1641.
High day (Script.), a holy or feast day. --John xix. 31.
High festival (Eccl.), a festival to be observed with full
ceremonial.
High German, or High Dutch. See under German.
High jinks, an old Scottish pastime; hence, noisy revelry;
wild sport. [Colloq.] "All the high jinks of the county,
when the lad comes of age." --F. Harrison.
High latitude (Geog.), one designated by the higher
figures; consequently, a latitude remote from the equator.
High life, life among the aristocracy or the rich.
High liver, one who indulges in a rich diet.
High living, a feeding upon rich, pampering food.
High Mass. (R. C. Ch.) See under Mass.
High milling, a process of making flour from grain by
several successive grindings and intermediate sorting,
instead of by a single grinding.
High noon, the time when the sun is in the meridian.
High place (Script.), an eminence or mound on which
sacrifices were offered.
High priest. See in the Vocabulary.
High relief. (Fine Arts) See Alto-rilievo.
High school. See under School.
High seas (Law), the open sea; the part of the ocean not in
the territorial waters of any particular sovereignty,
usually distant three miles or more from the coast line.
--Wharton.
High steam, steam having a high pressure.
High steward, the chief steward.
High tea, tea with meats and extra relishes.
High tide, the greatest flow of the tide; high water.
High time.
(a) Quite time; full time for the occasion.
(b) A time of great excitement or enjoyment; a carousal.
[Slang]
High treason, treason against the sovereign or the state,
the highest civil offense. See Treason.
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Note: It is now sufficient to speak of high treason as
treason simply, seeing that petty treason, as a
distinct offense, has been abolished. --Mozley & W.
High water, the utmost flow or greatest elevation of the
tide; also, the time of such elevation.
High-water mark.
(a) That line of the seashore to which the waters
ordinarily reach at high water.
(b) A mark showing the highest level reached by water in a
river or other body of fresh water, as in time of
freshet.
High-water shrub (Bot.), a composite shrub ({Iva
frutescens}), growing in salt marshes along the Atlantic
coast of the United States.
High wine, distilled spirits containing a high percentage
of alcohol; -- usually in the plural.
To be on a high horse, to be on one's dignity; to bear
one's self loftily. [Colloq.]
With a high hand.
(a) With power; in force; triumphantly. "The children of
Israel went out with a high hand." --Ex. xiv. 8.
(b) In an overbearing manner, arbitrarily. "They governed
the city with a high hand." --Jowett (Thucyd. ).
Syn: Tall; lofty; elevated; noble; exalted; supercilious;
proud; violent; full; dear. See Tall.
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Irish stew
(gcide) | Irish \I"rish\, a. [AS. [imac]risc, fr. [imac]ras the Irish. Cf.
Aryan, Erse.]
Of or pertaining to Ireland or to its inhabitants; produced
in Ireland.
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Irish elk. (Zool.) See under Elk.
Irish moss.
(a) (Bot.) Carrageen.
(b) A preparation of the same made into a blanc mange.
Irish poplin. See Poplin.
Irish potato, the ordinary white potato, so called because
it is a favorite article of food in Ireland.
Irish reef, or Irishman's reef (Naut.), the head of a
sail tied up.
Irish stew, meat, potatoes, and onions, cut in small pieces
and stewed.
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Land steward
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Note: In the expressions "to be, or dwell, upon land," "to
go, or fare, on land," as used by Chaucer, land denotes
the country as distinguished from the town.
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A poor parson dwelling upon land [i.e., in the
country]. --Chaucer.
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3. Ground, in respect to its nature or quality; soil; as, wet
land; good or bad land.
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4. The inhabitants of a nation or people.
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These answers, in the silent night received,
The king himself divulged, the land believed.
--Dryden.
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5. The mainland, in distinction from islands.
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6. The ground or floor. [Obs.]
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Herself upon the land she did prostrate. --Spenser.
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7. (Agric.) The ground left unplowed between furrows; any one
of several portions into which a field is divided for
convenience in plowing.
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8. (Law) Any ground, soil, or earth whatsoever, as meadows,
pastures, woods, etc., and everything annexed to it,
whether by nature, as trees, water, etc., or by the hand
of man, as buildings, fences, etc.; real estate. --Kent.
Bouvier. Burrill.
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9. (Naut.) The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat;
the lap of plates in an iron vessel; -- called also
landing. --Knight.
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10. In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations,
or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so
treated, as the level part of a millstone between the
furrows, or the surface of the bore of a rifled gun
between the grooves.
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Land agent, a person employed to sell or let land, to
collect rents, and to attend to other money matters
connected with land.
Land boat, a vehicle on wheels propelled by sails.
Land blink, a peculiar atmospheric brightness seen from sea
over distant snow-covered land in arctic regions. See {Ice
blink}.
Land breeze. See under Breeze.
Land chain. See Gunter's chain.
Land crab (Zool.), any one of various species of crabs
which live much on the land, and resort to the water
chiefly for the purpose of breeding. They are abundant in
the West Indies and South America. Some of them grow to a
large size.
Land fish a fish on land; a person quite out of place.
--Shak.
Land force, a military force serving on land, as
distinguished from a naval force.
Land, ho! (Naut.), a sailor's cry in announcing sight of
land.
Land ice, a field of ice adhering to the coast, in
distinction from a floe.
Land leech (Zool.), any one of several species of
blood-sucking leeches, which, in moist, tropical regions,
live on land, and are often troublesome to man and beast.
Land measure, the system of measurement used in determining
the area of land; also, a table of areas used in such
measurement.
Land of bondage or House of bondage, in Bible history,
Egypt; by extension, a place or condition of special
oppression.
Land o' cakes, Scotland.
Land of Nod, sleep.
Land of promise, in Bible history, Canaan: by extension, a
better country or condition of which one has expectation.
Land of steady habits, a nickname sometimes given to the
State of Connecticut.
Land office, a government office in which the entries upon,
and sales of, public land are registered, and other
business respecting the public lands is transacted. [U.S.]
Land pike. (Zool.)
(a) The gray pike, or sauger.
(b) The Menobranchus.
Land service, military service as distinguished from naval
service.
Land rail. (Zool)
(a) The crake or corncrake of Europe. See Crake.
(b) An Australian rail (Hypot[ae]nidia Phillipensis);
-- called also pectoral rail.
Land scrip, a certificate that the purchase money for a
certain portion of the public land has been paid to the
officer entitled to receive it. [U.S.]
Land shark, a swindler of sailors on shore. [Sailors' Cant]
Land side
(a) That side of anything in or on the sea, as of an
island or ship, which is turned toward the land.
(b) The side of a plow which is opposite to the moldboard
and which presses against the unplowed land.
Land snail (Zool.), any snail which lives on land, as
distinguished from the aquatic snails are Pulmonifera, and
belong to the Geophila; but the operculated land snails of
warm countries are Di[oe]cia, and belong to the
T[ae]nioglossa. See Geophila, and Helix.
Land spout, a descent of cloud and water in a conical form
during the occurrence of a tornado and heavy rainfall on
land.
Land steward, a person who acts for another in the
management of land, collection of rents, etc.
Land tortoise, Land turtle (Zool.), any tortoise that
habitually lives on dry land, as the box tortoise. See
Tortoise.
Land warrant, a certificate from the Land Office,
authorizing a person to assume ownership of a public land.
[U.S.]
Land wind. Same as Land breeze (above).
To make land (Naut.), to sight land.
To set the land, to see by the compass how the land bears
from the ship.
To shut in the land, to hide the land, as when fog, or an
intervening island, obstructs the view.
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Lord high steward
(gcide) | Steward \Stew"ard\, n. [OE. stiward, AS. st[imac]weard,
stigweard, literally, a sty ward; stigu sty + weard warden,
guardian, -- his first duty having been probably to attend to
the domestic animals. [root]164. See Sty pen for swine,
Ward.]
1. A man employed in a large family, or on a large estate, to
manage the domestic concerns, supervise other servants,
collect the rents or income, keep accounts, and the like.
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Worthy to be stewards of rent and land. --Chaucer.
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They came near to the steward of Joseph's house.
--Gen. xliii.
19.
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As good stewards of the manifold grace of God. --1
Pet. iv. 10.
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2. A person employed in a hotel, or a club, or on board a
ship, to provide for the table, superintend the culinary
affairs, etc. In naval vessels, the captain's steward,
wardroom steward, steerage steward, warrant officers
steward, etc., are petty officers who provide for the
messes under their charge.
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3. A fiscal agent of certain bodies; as, a steward in a
Methodist church.
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4. In some colleges, an officer who provides food for the
students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer
who attends to the accounts of the students.
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5. In Scotland, a magistrate appointed by the crown to
exercise jurisdiction over royal lands. --Erskine.
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Lord high steward, formerly, the first officer of the
crown; afterward, an officer occasionally appointed, as
for a coronation, or upon the trial of a peer. [Eng.]
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mulligan stew
(gcide) | mulligan \mulligan\, mulligan stew \mulligan stew\n.
1. A stew made typically of meat, vegetables, and any
conveniently available ingredients; also, an Irish version
of burgoo.
Syn: Irish burgoo.
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2. (Golf) In informal and friendly games of golf, a
permission to take another stroke without counting the
previous stroke against the score, when a stroke was
poorly played; a free stroke; as, to take a mulligan.
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Steward
(gcide) | Steward \Stew"ard\, n. [OE. stiward, AS. st[imac]weard,
stigweard, literally, a sty ward; stigu sty + weard warden,
guardian, -- his first duty having been probably to attend to
the domestic animals. [root]164. See Sty pen for swine,
Ward.]
1. A man employed in a large family, or on a large estate, to
manage the domestic concerns, supervise other servants,
collect the rents or income, keep accounts, and the like.
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Worthy to be stewards of rent and land. --Chaucer.
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They came near to the steward of Joseph's house.
--Gen. xliii.
19.
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As good stewards of the manifold grace of God. --1
Pet. iv. 10.
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2. A person employed in a hotel, or a club, or on board a
ship, to provide for the table, superintend the culinary
affairs, etc. In naval vessels, the captain's steward,
wardroom steward, steerage steward, warrant officers
steward, etc., are petty officers who provide for the
messes under their charge.
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3. A fiscal agent of certain bodies; as, a steward in a
Methodist church.
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4. In some colleges, an officer who provides food for the
students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer
who attends to the accounts of the students.
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5. In Scotland, a magistrate appointed by the crown to
exercise jurisdiction over royal lands. --Erskine.
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Lord high steward, formerly, the first officer of the
crown; afterward, an officer occasionally appointed, as
for a coronation, or upon the trial of a peer. [Eng.]
[1913 Webster]Steward \Stew"ard\, v. t.
To manage as a steward. [Obs.]
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Stewardess
(gcide) | Stewardess \Stew"ard*ess\, n.
A female steward; specifically, a woman employed in passenger
vessels to attend to the wants of female passengers.
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Stewardly
(gcide) | Stewardly \Stew"ard*ly\, adv.
In a manner, or with the care, of a steward. [R.]
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To be stewardly dispensed, not wastefully spent.
--Tooker.
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Stewardship
(gcide) | Stewardship \Stew"ard*ship\, n.
The office of a steward. --Shak.
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Stewartry
(gcide) | Stewartry \Stew"art*ry\, n.
1. An overseer or superintendent. [R.] "The stewartry of
provisions." --Tooke.
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2. The office of a steward; stewardship. [R.] --Byron.
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3. In Scotland, the jurisdiction of a steward; also, the
lands under such jurisdiction.
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Stewed
(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.
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Stewing
(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.
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Stewish
(gcide) | Stewish \Stew"ish\, a.
Suiting a stew, or brothel. --Bp. Hall.
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Stewpan
(gcide) | Stewpan \Stew"pan`\, n.
A pan used for stewing.
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Stewpot
(gcide) | Stewpot \Stew"pot`\, n.
A pot used for stewing.
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Wasteweir
(gcide) | Wasteweir \Waste"weir`\, n.
An overfall, or weir, for the escape, or overflow, of
superfluous water from a canal, reservoir, pond, or the like.
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alan stewart paton
(wn) | Alan Stewart Paton
n 1: South African writer (1903-1988) [syn: Paton, {Alan
Paton}, Alan Stewart Paton] |
allen stewart konigsberg
(wn) | Allen Stewart Konigsberg
n 1: United States filmmaker and comic actor (1935-) [syn:
Allen, Woody Allen, Allen Stewart Konigsberg] |
beef stew
(wn) | beef stew
n 1: a stew made with beef |
belgian beef stew
(wn) | Belgian beef stew
n 1: beef stewed in beer seasoned with garlic and served with
boiled potatoes [syn: carbonnade flamande, {Belgian beef
stew}] |
brunswick stew
(wn) | Brunswick stew
n 1: spicy southern specialty: chicken (or small game) with corn
and tomatoes and lima beans and okra and onions and
potatoes |
charles stewart parnell
(wn) | Charles Stewart Parnell
n 1: Irish nationalist leader (1846-1891) [syn: Parnell,
Charles Stewart Parnell] |
chicken stew
(wn) | chicken stew
n 1: a stew made with chicken |
dugald stewart
(wn) | Dugald Stewart
n 1: Scottish philosopher and follower of Thomas Reid
(1753-1828) [syn: Stewart, Dugald Stewart] |
fish stew
(wn) | fish stew
n 1: a stew made with fish |
irish stew
(wn) | Irish stew
n 1: meat (especially mutton) stewed with potatoes and onions |
isabella stewart gardner
(wn) | Isabella Stewart Gardner
n 1: United States collector and patron of art who built a
museum in Boston to house her collection and opened it to
the public in 1903 (1840-1924) [syn: Gardner, {Isabella
Stewart Gardner}] |
james maitland stewart
(wn) | James Maitland Stewart
n 1: United States film actor who portrayed incorruptible but
modest heros (1908-1997) [syn: Stewart, Jimmy Stewart,
James Maitland Stewart] |
jimmy stewart
(wn) | Jimmy Stewart
n 1: United States film actor who portrayed incorruptible but
modest heros (1908-1997) [syn: Stewart, Jimmy Stewart,
James Maitland Stewart] |
lobster stew
(wn) | lobster stew
n 1: diced lobster meat in milk or cream |
mulligan stew
(wn) | mulligan stew
n 1: Irish version of burgoo [syn: mulligan stew, mulligan,
Irish burgoo] |
oyster stew
(wn) | oyster stew
n 1: oysters in cream |
shop steward
(wn) | shop steward
n 1: a union member who is elected to represent fellow workers
in negotiating with management [syn: shop steward,
steward] |
stew
(wn) | stew
n 1: agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a
stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams" [syn: fret, stew,
sweat, lather, swither]
2: food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with
vegetables
v 1: be in a huff; be silent or sullen [syn: grizzle, brood,
stew]
2: bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings [syn: stew, grudge]
3: cook slowly and for a long time in liquid; "Stew the
vegetables in wine" |
stew meat
(wn) | stew meat
n 1: tough meat that needs stewing to be edible |
steward
(wn) | steward
n 1: someone who manages property or other affairs for someone
else
2: the ship's officer who is in charge of provisions and dining
arrangements
3: an attendant on an airplane [syn: steward, {flight
attendant}]
4: a union member who is elected to represent fellow workers in
negotiating with management [syn: shop steward, steward]
5: one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals [syn:
custodian, keeper, steward] |
stewardess
(wn) | stewardess
n 1: a woman steward on an airplane [syn: stewardess, {air
hostess}, hostess] |
stewardship
(wn) | stewardship
n 1: the position of steward |
stewart
(wn) | Stewart
n 1: United States film actor who portrayed incorruptible but
modest heros (1908-1997) [syn: Stewart, Jimmy Stewart,
James Maitland Stewart]
2: Scottish philosopher and follower of Thomas Reid (1753-1828)
[syn: Stewart, Dugald Stewart] |
stewed
(wn) | stewed
adj 1: cooked in hot water [syn: boiled, poached, stewed] |
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