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Calver vs Caviar - What's the difference?

calver | caviar |

As nouns the difference between calver and caviar

is that calver is a cow that produces young while caviar is roe of the sturgeon or other large fish, considered a delicacy.

As a verb calver

is (obsolete|transitive) to cut into slices and pickle.

calver

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • A cow that produces young.
  • Etymology 2

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To cut into slices and pickle.
  • * (Massinger)
  • For a change, leave calvered salmon and eat sprats.
  • (obsolete) To crimp.
  • calvered salmon
    (Nares)
  • (obsolete) To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered.
  • grayling's flesh will calver
    (Catton)
    (Webster 1913)

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    caviar

    English

    Alternative forms

    * caviare

    Noun

  • Roe of the sturgeon or other large fish, considered a delicacy.
  • Usage notes

    * A citation from Jehan Palsgrave's 1530 text Lesclarcissment de la langue françoyse'' reads "Calver of saulmon, ''escume de saulmon.''". This possibly refers to caviar. If this is the case it predates by some 61 years the earliest usage (1591) of caviar documented in the ''Oxford English Dictionary.

    Derived terms

    * caviar to the general * cowboy caviar

    See also

    * (wikipedia "caviar") * malosol

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