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lobby | stew |

As nouns the difference between lobby and stew

is that lobby is an entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor while stew is a cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron.

As verbs the difference between lobby and stew

is that lobby is to attempt to influence (a public official or decision-maker) in favor of a specific opinion or cause while stew is to cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.

As a proper noun Stew is

a diminutive of the male given name Stewart.

lobby

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) *(term), from , from (etyl) or (etyl).

Noun

(lobbies)
  • An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.
    • I had to wait in the lobby for hours before seeing the doctor.
  • That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly.
  • A class or group of people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.
    • The influence of the tobacco lobby has decreased considerably in the US.
  • (video games) A virtual area where players can chat and find opponents for a game.
  • (nautical) An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.
  • A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges, trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.
    • Derived terms
    * gun lobby

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (transitive) To attempt to influence (a public official or decision-maker) in favor of a specific opinion or cause.
    • For years, pro-life groups have continued to lobby hard for restrictions on abortion.
  • * 2002 , (Jim Hightower), in
    • The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist), author=Schumpeter
    • , title= Cronies and capitols , passage=Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.}}
    Related terms
    * lobbying * lobbyist

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • (informal) scouse (from lobscouse)
  • * My mam cooked us lobby for tea last night.

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    stew

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) estuve (modern French .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (label) A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron.
  • *:
  • *:And when he came to the chamber there as this lady was the dores of yron vnlocked and vnbolted / And so syr launcelot wente in to the chambre that was as hote as ony stewe / And there syr launcelot toke the fayrest lady by the hand / that euer he sawe / and she was naked as a nedel
  • (label) A brothel.
  • *1681 , (John Dryden), (Absalom and Achitophel)
  • *:And rak'd, for converts, even the court and stews .
  • *1835 , (Thomas Babington Macaulay), Sir James Mackintosh
  • *:Because he was chaste, the precinct of his temple is filled with licensed stews .
  • *1977 , Gãmini Salgãdo, The Elizabethan Underworld , Folio Society, 2006, p.37:
  • *:Although whores were permitted to sit at the door of the stew , they could not solicit in any way nor ‘chide or throw stones’ at passers-by.
  • (label) A prostitute.
  • :
  • *1870 , Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood , Wordsworth Classics, 1998, p.367:
  • *:I noticed then that there was nothing to drink on the table but brandy, and nothing to eat but salted herrings, and a hot, sickly, highly peppered stew .
  • (label) A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating.
  • An artificial bed of oysters.
  • (label) A state of agitated excitement, worry, and/or confusion.
  • :
    • Synonyms
    * (food) casserole, (British) hotpot
    Coordinate terms
    * casserole * cassoulet * goulash * ragout
    Derived terms
    * in a stew * stewpot

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (transitive, or, intransitive, or, ergative) To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.
    • I'm going to stew some meat for the casserole.
    The meat is stewing nicely.
  • To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.
  • (figuratively) To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.
  • (figuratively) To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.
    • Synonyms
    * (suffer under hot conditions) bake, boil, sweat, swelter * (be in a state of elevated anxiety) brood, fret, sweat, worry

    Etymology 2

    Abbreviation of steward or stewardess.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A steward or stewardess on an airplane.
  • * 1975 November 3, , volume 8, number 44, page 8 [http://google.com/books?id=OekCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA8&dq=stew]:
    • And then, working as a stew for American Airlines, Mo met another older man.
  • * 1991 , , 1992 edition, ISBN 0425184226, page 480 [http://google.com/books?id=kP84eUjxv-MC&pg=PA480&dq=stew]:
    • "We want to know what he's going to be saying on his airplane."
    "I don't have the legs to dress up as a stew , doc. Besides, I never learned to do the tea ceremony, either."
  • * 1992 January, Skip Hollandsworth, "Doing the Hustle", , ISSN 0148-7736, volume 20, issue 1, page 52 [http://google.com/books?id=dysEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA52&dq=stew]:
    • Dallas was also becoming known as a "stew zoo" because so many flight attendants were relocating there to work for Southwest, Braniff, and American Airlines.

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