Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chowder"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chowder \Chow"der\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chowder \Chow"der\, v. t.
To make a chowder of.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chowder
n : a thick soup or stew made with milk and bacon and onions and
potatoes
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