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Suiting a stew, or brothel. Bp. Hall.

A pan used for stewing.

A pot used for stewing.

An overfall, or weir, for the escape, or overflow, of superfluous water from a canal, reservoir, pond, or the like.

The spotted flycatcher; -- so called from the white color of the under parts. [Prov. Eng.]

To apply a white liquid composition to; to whiten with whitewash.

One who whitewashes.

A perennial composite herb (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum) with conspicuous white rays and a yellow disk, a common weed in grass lands and pastures; -- called also oxeye daisy.

The chaffinch; -- so called from the white bands on the wing.

The soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree (Liriodendron). It is much used in cabinetwork, carriage building, etc.

Wild camomile.

A yellow dyewood; fustet; -- called also zante, and zante fustic. See Fustet, and the Note under Fustic.

vindication of one's conduct with reference to judgment thereon. Give an account of thy stewardship. Luke xvi. 2.

An outwork of a strong, high wall, with turrets, in front gateway (as of an old castle), for defending the entrance.

A pie made of apples (usually sliced or stewed) with spice and sugar. Apple-pie bed, a bed in which, as a joke, the sheets are so doubled (like the cover of an apple turnover) as to prevent any one from getting at his length between them. Halliwell, Conybeare. -- Apple-pie order, perfect order or arrangement. [Colloq.…

A bailiff or steward; an agent. [Obs.] Jacobs.

the showery arch." Milton. Triumphal arch, a monumental structure resembling an arched gateway, with one or more passages, erected to commemorate a triumph.

March he was attacked by fever. Macaulay. Hydrofluoric acid . . . attacks the glass. B. Stewart.

A kind of French stewpan with a steamtight lid. Knight.

A brothel; a stew; a house of prostitution.