Caviare \Ca*viare"\, Caviar \Cav"i*ar\, n. [F. caviar, fr. It. caviale, fr. Turk. Hav[=i][=a]r.]

The roes of the sturgeon, prepared and salted; -- used as a relish, esp. in Russia.

Note: 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)