stewerdt

An old spelling of steward. stewisht (stū'ish), a. [ Rhymed in rules of stewish ribaldry. Bp . Hall , Satires, I. ix. 9. stew-pan (stū'pan), n. A utensil in which anything is stewed. stew-pond (stū'pond), n. Same as stew2 . There is a dovecote, some delightful stew - ponds , and a very pretty canal. Jane Austen , Sense and Sensibility, xxx.