Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (n.) A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium.

2. (n.) An artificial bed of oysters.

3. (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.

4. (v. i.) To be seethed or cooked in a slow, gentle manner, or in heat and moisture.

5. (n.) A place of stewing or seething; a place where hot bathes are furnished; a hothouse.

6. (n.) A brothel; -- usually in the plural.

7. (n.) A prostitute.

8. (n.) A dish prepared by stewing; as, a stew of pigeons.

9. (n.) A state of agitating excitement; a state of worry; confusion; as, to be in a stew.