Dai"ry (dā"r&ybreve;), n.;
pl. Dairies (-r&ibreve;z). [OE.
deierie, from deie, daie, maid; of Scand.
origin; cf. Icel. deigja maid, dairymaid, Sw. deja,
orig., a baking maid, fr. Icel. deig. √66. See
Dough.] 1. The place, room, or house
where milk is kept, and converted into butter or cheese.
What stores my dairies and my folds
contain.
Dryden.2. That department of farming which is
concerned in the production of milk, and its conversion into butter
and cheese.
Grounds were turned much in England either to feeding
or dairy; and this advanced the trade of English
butter.
Temple.3. A dairy farm. [R.]
&fist; Dairy is much used adjectively or in combination;
as, dairy farm, dairy countries, dairy house or
dairyhouse, dairyroom, dairywork, etc.
DAIRY. A woman's breasts, particularly one that gives
suck. She sported her dairy; she pulled out her breast.