stews

1. A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron.
2. A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath.
3. A brothel.
4. A prostitute.
5. A dish cooked by stewing.
6. A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating; a stew pond.
7. An artificial bed of oysters.
8. A state of agitated excitement, worry, and/or confusion.

   to be in a stew

1. To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.

   I'm going to stew some meat for the casserole.

2. To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.
3. To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.
4. To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.

noun

A steward or stewardess on an airplane.

noun

A brothel.