3. To prepare by steeping and mingling; to concoct.

Go, brew me a pottle of sack finely.

Shak.

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

Hence with thy brewed enchantments, foul deceiver!

Milton.

Brew (&?;), v. i. 1. To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer.

I wash, wring, brew, bake, scour.

Shak.

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

There is some ill a-brewing towards my rest.

Shak.

Brew (&?;), n. The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed. Bacon.

Brew"age (&?;), n. Malt liquor; drink brewed. "Some well-spiced brewage." Milton.

A rich brewage, made of the best Spanish wine.

Macaulay.

Brew"er (&?;), n. One who brews; one whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors.

Brew"er*y (&?;), n. A brewhouse; the building and apparatus where brewing is carried on.

Brew"house` (&?;), n. A house or building appropriated to brewing; a brewery.

Brew"ing (&?;), n. 1. The act or process of preparing liquors which are brewed, as beer and ale.

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