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Chowder beer

Chowder \Chow"der\ (chou"d[~e]r), n. [F. chaudi[`e]re a kettle, a pot. Cf. Caldron.]

  1. (Cookery) A dish made of fresh fish or clams, biscuit, onions, etc., stewed together.

  2. A seller of fish. [Prov. Eng.]
    --Halliwell.

    Chowder beer, a liquor made by boiling black spruce in water and mixing molasses with the decoction.