See Also: stewed(dictionary)
stewed(dictionary)
Eels Stewed in White Wine(recipes)
Rabbit stewed in gooseberry champagne(recipes)
Pan-stewed summer squash with cherry tomatoes(recipes)

bluestocking (iou) and stewed (iou)


bluestocking (iou)



bluestocking adjective & noun. derog. L17.
[from BLUE adjective + STOCKING noun2.]
A. adjective.
Wearing blue worsted stockings; in homely dress. arch. L17.
Designating or pertaining to (those frequenting) assemblies for literary conversation etc. held at Montagu House in London about 1750 (where some of the men wore the blue stockings of ordinary daytime dress). L18.
Of a woman: having or affecting literary tastes, learned. E19.
b. noun. A female supporter of bluestocking assemblies; a learned woman. L18.
bluestockingism noun E19.

stewed (iou)



stewed adjective. [stju:d] LME.
[from STEW verb + -ED1; in sense 2 from STEW noun1 + -ED2.]
Of meat, fish, fruit, etc.: cooked by stewing in a closed vessel. Also, (of tea) strong or bitter due to prolonged brewing. LME.
Of or pertaining to a stew or brothel. Freq. derog. Long rare. M16.
Drunk. Freq. in stewed to the ears, stewed to the eyebrows, stewed to the gills, etc. colloq. (orig. US). M18.