Definition of Dary
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
DAIRY. A woman's breasts, particularly one that gives
suck. She sported her dairy; she pulled out her breast.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- place, often on a farm, where milk is processed and turned into products such as butter and cheese
- a shop selling dairy products
- (also dairy products or dairy produce) products produced from milk.
- (New Zealand English) a corner-store.
- referring to products produced from milk.
- referring to the milk production and processing industries
- (UK) on food labelling, containing fats only from dairy sources (e.g. dairy ice cream)
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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