From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Brew \Brew\ (br[udd]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brewed} (br[udd]d);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Brewing}.] [OE. brewen, AS. bre['o]wan; akin
to D. brouwen, OHG. priuwan, MHG. briuwen, br[=u]wen, 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. [root]93. Cf. {Broth}, {Bread}.]
1. To boil or seethe; to cook. [Obs.]
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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.
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3. To prepare by steeping and mingling; to concoct.
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Go, brew me a pottle of sack finely. --Shak.
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4. To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot;
to concoct; to hatch; as, to brew mischief.
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Hence with thy brewed enchantments, foul deceiver!
--Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Brewing \Brew"ing\, n.
1. The act or process of preparing liquors which are brewed,
as beer and ale.
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2. The quantity brewed at once.
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A brewing of new beer, set by old beer. --Bacon.
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3. A mixing together.
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I am not able to avouch anything for certainty, such
a brewing and sophistication of them they make.
--Holland.
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4. (Naut.) A gathering or forming of a storm or squall,
indicated by thick, dark clouds.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
brewing
n 1: the production of malt beverages (as beer or ale) from malt
and hops by grinding and boiling them and fermenting the
result with yeast
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