CHOWDER
Chow"der, n. Etym: [F. chaudière a kettle, a pot. Cf. Caldron.]
1. (Cookery)
Defn: 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.
CHOWDER
Chow"der, v. t.
Defn: To make a chowder of.
CHOWRY
Chow"ry, n. Etym: [Hind. chaunri.]
Defn: A whisk to keep off files, used in the East Indies. Malcom.
CHOWTER Chow"ter, v. t. Etym: [Cf. OE. chowre, and Prov. E. chow, to grumble.]
Defn: To grumble or mutter like a froward child. [Obs.] E. Phillips.