v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Brewed p. pr. & vb. n. Brewing. ] [ OE. brewen, AS. breówan; akin to D. brouwen, OHG. priuwan, MHG. briuwen, brūwen, G. brauen, Icel. brugga, Sw. brygga, Dan. brygge, and perh. to L. defrutum must boiled down, Gr. bry^ton (for fry^ton?) a kind of beer. The original meaning seems to have been to prepare by heat. √93. Cf. Broth, Bread. ] 1. To boil or seethe; to cook. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To prepare by steeping and mingling; to concoct. [ 1913 Webster ]

Go, brew me a pottle of sack finely. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to concoct; to hatch; as, to brew mischief. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hence with thy brewed enchantments, foul deceiver! Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer. [ 1913 Webster ]

I wash, wring, brew, bake, scour. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering; as, a storm brews in the west. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is some ill a-brewing towards my rest. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Malt liquor; drink brewed. “Some well-spiced brewage.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

A rich brewage, made of the best Spanish wine. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who brews; one whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A brewhouse; the building and apparatus where brewing is carried on. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A house or building appropriated to brewing; a brewery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or process of preparing liquors which are brewed, as beer and ale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quantity brewed at once. [ 1913 Webster ]

A brewing of new beer, set by old beer. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A mixing together. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am not able to avouch anything for certainty, such a brewing and sophistication of them they make. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Naut.) A gathering or forming of a storm or squall, indicated by thick, dark clouds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. brewis, brouwys, browesse, brewet, OF. brouet, -s being the OF. ending of the nom. sing. and acc. pl.; dim. of OHG. brod. √93. See Broth, and cf. Brose. ] 1. Broth or pottage. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Let them of their Bonner's “beef” and “broth” make what brewis they please for their credulous guests. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Bread soaked in broth, drippings of roast meat, milk, or water and butter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Named after Sir David Brewster. ] A rare zeolitic mineral occurring in white monoclinic crystals with pearly luster. It is a hydrous silicate of aluminia, baryta, and strontia. [ 1913 Webster ]