Calver vs Caviar - What's the difference?
calver | caviar |
(obsolete) To cut into slices and pickle.
* (Massinger)
(obsolete) To crimp.
(obsolete) To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered.
Roe of the sturgeon or other large fish, considered a delicacy.
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
Etymology 2
Verb
(en verb)- For a change, leave calvered salmon and eat sprats.
- calvered salmon
- (Nares)
- grayling's flesh will calver
- (Catton)