brew

Definitions

1. 1.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.
2. 2.To prepare by steeping and mingling; to concoct. Go, brew me a pottle of sack finely. Shak.
3. 3.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.
4. 4.To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer. I wash, wring, brew, bake, scour. Shak.
5. 5.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.
6. 6.The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed. Bacon.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is 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 called?
• What is to prepare by steeping and mingling; to concoct. Go, brew me a pottle of sack finely. Shak called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is to attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer. I wash, wring, brew, bake, scour. Shak called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is the mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed. Bacon called?