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caviar
CIDE DICTIONARY
caviar, n. [F. caviar, fr. It. caviale, fr. Turk. Havīār.].
The roes of the sturgeon, prepared and salted; -- used as a relish, esp. in Russia. [1913 Webster]
" 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." [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
caviar
albumen, anguille, eel, egg, egg white, eggshell, fish, fish eggs, glair, kipper, kippered salmon, ovule, poisson, red herring, roe, seafood, smoked herring, spawn, vitellus, white, yellow, yolkFor further exploring for "caviar" in Webster Dictionary Online
