† icaryn.
Obsolete.
= caviar n.
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1591 G. Fletcher Of Russe Common Wealth iii. f. 9 Of Ickary or Cauery, a great quantitie is made vpon the riuer of Volgha out of the fish called Bellougina, the Sturgeon.
1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 87 The spawn of Fish, especially that of Sturgeon, they order thus... The Muscovites call it Ikary, and the Italians Cavaiar.
1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 Feb. 11/1 Can you use the roe of any other fish but sturgeon and sterlet as caviar, or ikra, as you call it?]
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