† conseweObs.Cookery. [Etymol. uncertain.] An ancient mode of cooking capons: cf. consy (which seems however to have been a different dish). c1430Cookery Bks. 18 Capoun in Consewe, Take a Capoun..sethe hym in Water..quarter hym..strawe þar-uppe-on Sugre, & send it yn with almaundys.