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Stew, 1) a vessel in which things are stewed or seethed (?): β€œI have seen corruption boil and bubble, till it o'er-run the s.” Meas. V, 321.
2) a house of prostitution: β€œto mart as in a Roman s.” Cymb. I, 6, 152. Plur. --s in the same sense: R2 V, 3, 16. H4B I, 2, 60.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.

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