Hypertext Webster Gateway: "brew"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Brew \Brew\, v. i.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Brew \Brew\, n.
The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed. --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Brew \Brew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brewed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Brewing}.] [OE. brewen, AS. bre['o]wan; akin to D. brouwen,
OHG. priuwan, MHG. briuwen, br?wen, G. brauen, Icel. brugga,
Sw. brygga, Dan. brygge, and perh. to L. defrutum must boiled
down, Gr. ? (for ??) a kind of beer. The original meaning
seems to have been to prepare by heat. [root]93. Cf. {Broth},
{Bread}.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
brew
n : drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather
than distilling [syn: {brewage}]
v 1: prepare by brewing; of alcoholic beverages
2: sit or let sit in boiling water to extract the flavor; "the
tea is brewing" [syn: {steep}, {infuse}]
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