stewpan
(ˈstjuːpæn)
[f. stew n.2 or v.2 + pan n. Cf. Du. stoofpan.]
A saucepan for stewing (see quot. 1858).
| 1651 T. Barker Art of Angling (1820) 14 Taken out of the stew-pan and dished. 1674 Engl. & Fr. Cook 2 Put him [the Carp] in a Stew-pan with a quart of White-wine. 1747 H. Glasse Cookery ii. 14 Then butter your Stew-pan, and shake some Flour into it. 1853 A. Soyer Pantropheon 66 Each piece was well washed before putting it into the stewpan. 1858 Simmonds Dict. Trade, Stew-pan, a shallow sauce-pan of iron, copper, or block tin. 1915 Daily Tel. 14 Aug. 10/2 Next lay the prepared fish..in a large, deep stewpan. |
b. transf. and fig.
| 1771 Smollett Humph. Cl. 5 May (1815) 66 To lead a weary life in this stewpan of idleness and insignificance. 1863 G. H. Kingsley Sport & Trav. (1900) 397 That tideless stewpan of a harbour can be little less unwholesome than that of Naples. |
c. attrib.
| 1839 Mag. Dom. Econ. IV. 174 When onions are fried as a flavouring substance in stewpan-cookery. 1846 A. Soyer Cookery 545 Turn it over upon the bottom of a stewpan-lid. |