Word Meanings - STEWPOT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A pot used for stewing.

STEW
1. A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium. Chaucer. Evelyn. 2. An artificial bed of oysters.
STEWARDSHIP
The office of a steward. Shak.
STEWARTRY
1. An overseer or superintendent. "The stewartry of provisions." Tooke. 2. The office of a steward; stewardship. Byron. 3. In Scotland, the jurisdiction of a steward; also, the lands under such jurisdiction.
STEWPAN
A pan used for stewing.
STEWPOT
A pot used for stewing.
STEWARDESS
A female steward; specifically, a woman employed in passenger vessels to attend to the wants of female passengers.
STEWISH
Suiting a stew, or brothel. Bp. Hall.
STEWARD
a sty ward; stigu sty + weard warden, guardian, -- his first duty having been probably to attend to the domestic animals. *164. See Sty 1. A man employed in a large family, or on a large estate, to manage the domestic concerns, supervise other
STEWARDLY
In a manner, or with the care, of a steward. To be stewardly dispensed, not wastefully spent. Tooker.
WASTEWEIR
An overfall, or weir, for the escape, or overflow, of superfluous water from a canal, reservoir, pond, or the like.