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Brew
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed. Bacon.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To boil or seethe; to cook. [Obs.]
2. To prepare, as beer or other liquor, from malt and hops, or from other materials, by steeping, boiling, and fermentation. "She brews good ale." Shak.
3. To prepare by steeping and mingling; to concoct. Go, brew me a pottle of sack finely. Shak.
4. To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to concoct; to hatch; as, to brew mischief. Hence with thy brewed enchantments, foul deceiver! Milton.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer. I wash, wring, brew, bake, scour. Shak.
2. To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering; as, a storm brews in the west. There is some ill a-brewing towards my rest. Shak.