Part 1383

<hw>Brew</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Brewed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Brewing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>brewen</ets>, AS. <ets>bre\'a2wan</ets>; akin to D. <ets>brouwen</ets>, OHG. <ets>priuwan</ets>, MHG. <ets>briuwen</ets>, <ets>br<?/wen</ets>, G. <ets>brauen</ets>, Icel. <ets>brugga</ets>, Sw. <ets>brygga</ets>, Dan. <ets>brygge</ets>, and perh. to L. <ets>defrutum</ets> must boiled down, Gr. <?/ (for <?/?) a kind of beer. The original meaning seems to have been <ets>to prepare by heat</ets>. &root;93. Cf. <er>Broth</er>, <er>Bread</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To boil or seethe; to cook.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To prepare, as beer or other liquor, from malt and hops, or from other materials, by steeping, boiling, and fermentation.</def> "She <i>brews</i> good ale."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To prepare by steeping and mingling; to concoct.</def>

<blockquote>Go, <b>brew</b> me a pottle of sack finely. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to concoct; to hatch; <as>as, to <ex>brew</ex> mischief</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Hence with thy <b>brewed</b> enchantments, foul deceiver! <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Brew</h1> <Xpage=180>

<hw>Brew</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer.</def>

<blockquote>I wash, wring, <b>brew</b>, bake, scour. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering; <as>as, a storm <ex>brews</ex> in the west</as>.</def>

<blockquote>There is some ill a-<b>brewing</b> towards my rest. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Brew</h1> <Xpage=180>

<hw>Brew</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Brewage</h1> <Xpage=180>

<hw>Brew"age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Malt liquor; drink brewed.</def> "Some well-spiced <i>brewage</i>."

<i>Milton.</i>

<blockquote>A rich <b>brewage</b>, made of the best Spanish wine. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Brewer</h1> <Xpage=180>

<hw>Brew"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who brews; one whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors.</def>

<h1>Brewery</h1> <Xpage=180>

<hw>Brew"er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A brewhouse; the building and apparatus where brewing is carried on.</def>

<h1>Brewhouse</h1> <Xpage=180>

<hw>Brew"house`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A house or building appropriated to brewing; a brewery.</def>

<h1>Brewing</h1> <Xpage=180>

<hw>Brew"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of preparing liquors which are brewed, as beer and ale.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The quantity brewed at once.</def>