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Webster 1913 Edition
Dairy
Dai′ry
(dā′ry̆)
, Noun.
pl.
Dairies
(-rĭz)
. [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.]
☞ Dairy is much used adjectively or in combination; as, dairy farm, dairy countries, dairy house or dairyhouse, dairyroom, dairywork, etc.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dairy
DA'IRY
,Noun.
1.
Milk, and all that concerns it, on a farm; or the business of managing milk, and of making butter and cheese. The whole establishment respecting milk, in a family, or on a farm.2.
The place, room or house, where milk is set for cream, managed, and converted into butter or cheese.3.
Milk-farm.