Definition of Cavar
{ Ca*viare" (?), Cav"i*ar (?), }
n. [F. caviar, fr. It. caviale,
fr. Turk. Havīār.] The roes of the
sturgeon, prepared and salted; -- used as a relish, esp. in
Russia.
&fist; Caviare was considered a delicacy, by some, in
Shakespeare's time, but was not relished by most. Hence Hamlet
says of a certain play. "'T was caviare to the general,"
i. e., above the taste of the common people.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- roe of the sturgeon, considered a delicacy
Portuguese
- caviar
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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