Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.