stewingn.
/ˈstjuːɪŋ/ The action of stew v.2 in various senses; an instance of this.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > [noun] > boiling > stewing
stewing1398
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) vii. lviii. 272 The pacyent shall haue stewynges and bamynges and oynementes hote other colde.
1618 J. Taylor Pennyles Pilgrimage F 2 Such Baking, Boyling, Rosting, and Stewing.
1784 J. Douglas Cook's Voy. Pacific II. iii. xii. 235 We met with no utensil there, that could be applied to the purpose of stewing or boiling.
1877 Encycl. Brit. VI. 333/2 The lid of a vessel used for stewing should be removed as little as possible.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 497 Remembering to warn him against heated rooms, violent changes of temperature, stewing in bed, and any possible irritation by vestments.
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attributive and in other combinations.
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1726 J. Gay Let. in J. Swift Corr. (1963) III. 168 Take a knuckle of Veal... In a Stewing pan put it.
1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §1484 The fundamental principles of the construction of stewing-hearths.
1837 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 60/1 The kitchen..containing an oven, stewing-stoves, &c.
1860 R. Hogg Fruit Man. 156 A stewing pear, in season from November to April.
1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 25 Oct. 6/1 (advt.) Boneless Stewing Beef, per lb. 12½c.
1948 Good Housek. Cookery Bk. ii. 159 Stewing steak is commonly used, but other meats (kidney and liver) may be made into a brown stew.
1969 M. Kelly Write on Both Sides xxiii. 102 He took out the shopping list... Stewing steak, mushrooms, onions.
1978 E. Malpass Wind brings up Rain xiv. 149 She'd got stewing beef in the oven.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
stewingadj.
/ˈstjuːɪŋ/ That stews; very hot.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > very
wall-hotc1000
walm-hotOE
hot as hellOE
welling?a1200
welling hota1400
aestuant?1440
burning1484
scalding?a1513
broiling1555
roasting1567
walming hot1601
boiling hot1607
baking1656
stewing-hot1711
piping1823
grilling1839
seething1848
white-hot1855
stewing1856
incandescent1859
swithering1895
boiling1930
1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits ii. 35 Nobody likes to be treated ignominiously,..rolled over, suffocated with bilge, mephitis, and stewing oil.
1911 J. Masefield Everlasting Mercy (1912) 24 Jane brought the bowl of stewing gin And poured the egg and lemon in.
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stewing-hot adj.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > very
wall-hotc1000
walm-hotOE
hot as hellOE
welling?a1200
welling hota1400
aestuant?1440
burning1484
scalding?a1513
broiling1555
roasting1567
walming hot1601
boiling hot1607
baking1656
stewing-hot1711
piping1823
grilling1839
seething1848
white-hot1855
stewing1856
incandescent1859
swithering1895
boiling1930
1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 7 June (1948) I. 292 'Tis stewing hot, but I must rise, and go to town between fire and water.
1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 684 The sudden fall of temperature that occurs after a tornado coming at the end of a stewing-hot day, is sure to tell on any one.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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