a. Obs. [f. STEW sb.2 + -ISH.] Of or pertaining to the stews.
a. 1555. R. Taylor, in Foxe, A. & M. (1583), 1528/1. This Babylonicall stewish spirituall whoredome.
1597. Bp. Hall, Sat., I. ix. Rymed in rules of Stewish ribaldry.
1609. Sir E. Hoby, Lett. to T. H[iggons], 91. Your … Reliques,… Stewish Pardons, Indulgences.
