chowder beer

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chowder beer - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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     2. A seller of fish. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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     Chowder beer, a liquor made by boiling black spruce in
        water and mixing molasses with the decoction.
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