Stew vs Hash - What's the difference?
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(label) A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron.
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*: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.
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*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.
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(transitive, or, intransitive, or, ergative) To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.
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.
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]:
* 1991 , , 1992 edition, ISBN 0425184226, page 480 [http://google.com/books?id=kP84eUjxv-MC&pg=PA480&dq=stew]:
* 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]:
Food]], especially meat and potatoes, chopped and mixed together.
* 1633 , Samuel Pepys, Diary
A confused mess.
* 1847 , Charlotte Yonge, Scenes and Characters
The symbol (octothorpe, pound).
(computing) The result generated by a hash function.
A new mixture of old material; a second preparation or exhibition; a rehashing.
* Walpole
A hash run; a sort of paperchase organised by the (Hash House Harriers).
* 1987 , Susan Scott-Stevens, Foreign Consultants and Counterparts (page 81)
Hashed, chopped into small pieces
* 1855 , William Makepeace Thackeray, The Newcomes
To chop into small pieces, to make into a hash.
* 1749 , Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
To make a quick, rough version
(computing) To transform according to a hash function.
Hashish, a drug derived from the cannabis plant.
In transitive terms the difference between stew and hash
is that stew is to brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong while hash is to chop into small pieces, to make into a hash.As nouns the difference between stew and hash
is that stew is a cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron while hash is food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and mixed together.As verbs the difference between stew and hash
is that stew is to cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering while hash is to chop into small pieces, to make into a hash.As a proper noun Stew
is a diminutive of the male given name Stewart.As an adjective hash is
hashed, chopped into small pieces.stew
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) estuve (modern French .Noun
(en-noun)Synonyms
* (food) casserole, (British) hotpotCoordinate terms
* casserole * cassoulet * goulash * ragoutDerived terms
* in a stew * stewpotVerb
(en verb)- I'm going to stew some meat for the casserole.
- The meat is stewing nicely.
Synonyms
* (suffer under hot conditions) bake, boil, sweat, swelter * (be in a state of elevated anxiety) brood, fret, sweat, worryEtymology 2
Abbreviation of steward or stewardess.Noun
(en noun)- And then, working as a stew for American Airlines, Mo met another older man.
- "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."
- 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.
Anagrams
* *hash
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(es)- I had for them, after oysters, at first course, a hash of rabbits, a lamb, and a rare chine of beef.
- Oh! no, not Naylor's--the girls have made a hash there, as they do everything else; but we will settle her before they come out again.
- I cannot bear elections, and still less the hash of them over again in a first session.
- Most hashes are planned as family affairs, with a shorter "puppy" trail laid for the children.
Synonyms
* (result generated by hash function) checksumDerived terms
* * * * * *Adjective
(en adjective)- The Colonel, himself, was great at making hash mutton, hot-pot, curry, and pillau.
Derived terms
* hash browns * hash function * hashhouse * hash table * hash map * hashing * hash coding * hash key * hash value * hashtagVerb
(es)- In like manner, we shall represent human nature at first to the keen appetite of our reader, in that more plain and simple manner in which it is found in the country, and shall hereafter hash and ragoo it with all the high French and Italian seasoning of affectation and vice which courts and cities afford.
- We need to quickly hash up some plans.