Brew'ing, n.

(brū'ing), n. 1. The act or process of preparing liquors from malt and hops, &c. 2. The quantity brewed at once. A brewing of new beer, set by old beer, maketh it work again. Bacon. 3. A mixing together. [Obs.] I am not able to avouch any thing for certainty, such a brewing and sophistication of them they make. Holland. 4. (Naut.) A collection of black clouds pretending a storm.