Vocabulary : Steven to Stewish
Steven : Voice; speech; language. ;; An outcry; a loud call; a clamor.Stew : A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium. ;; An artificial bed of oysters. ;; 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. ;; To be seethed or cooked in a slow, gentle manner, or in heat and moisture. ;; A place of stewing or seething; a place where hot bathes are furnished; a hothouse. ;; A brothel; -- usually in the plural. ;; A prostitute. ;; A dish prepared by stewing; as, a stewof pigeons. ;; A state of agitating excitement; a state of worry; confusion; as, to be in a stew.
Steward : A man employed in a large family, or on a large estate, to manage the domestic concerns, supervise other servants, collect the rents or income, keep accounts, and the like. ;; A person employed in a hotel, or a club, or on board a ship, to provide for the table, superintend the culinary affairs, etc. In naval vessels, the captain's steward, wardroom steward, steerage steward, warrant officers steward, etc., are petty officers who provide for the messes under their charge. ;; A fiscal agent of certain bodies; as, a steward in a Methodist church. ;; In some colleges, an officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students. ;; In Scotland, a magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands. ;; To manage as a steward.
Stewardess : A female steward; specifically, a woman employed in passenger vessels to attend to the wants of female passengers.
Stewardly : In a manner, or with the care, of a steward.
