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Definition of Hard roe
1. Noun. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture.
Definition of Hard roe
1. Noun. roe (eggs of fish) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hard Roe
Literary usage of Hard roe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Paris Universal Exposition by Edward Henry Knight (1880)
"The favor enjoyed by the heterogeneous hard roe of M. Ispa at ... If we consider
the number of barrels of hard roe of all kinds used ..."
2. The Practical Teacher by Joseph Hughes (1885)
"Have the picture as before, and two fresh-herrings, a hard roe and a soft roe.
... (Note :—Some people will not eat a hard roe for fear the ovules should ..."
3. The Dictionary of Dainty Breakfasts by Phillis Browne (1899)
"There are two sorts of roe, hard roe or spawn and soft roe or milt. ... One or
two typical recipes for cooking hard roe are here given. ..."
4. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"A kind of salt cake, or rather sausage, made of the hard roe of the sea mullet,
eaten with oil and vinegar, but chiefly used to promote drinking by causing ..."
5. A Treatise on Food and Dietetics Physiologically and Therapeutically Considered by Frederick William Pavy (1881)
"The hard roe belongs to the female, and is formed by the ovary. ... Caviare is
the hard roe of the sturgeon preserved by salting. It is pretty extensively ..."
6. The study of medicine by John Mason Good, Samuel Cooper (1829)
"... in a particular season of the year, seem sexual con- merely to throw forth
their ova, which we call hard roe or nexion. spawn, in immense multitudes, ..."
7. Food in Health and Disease by Isaac Burney Yeo (1896)
"The roe, or reproductive organ of the fish, is considered a delicacy ; the hard
roe is the ovary of the female, the soft roe or milt is the spermatic organ ..."
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