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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.

Definition 2024

dairy

dairy

English

Noun

dairy ‎(plural dairies)

  1. A place, often on a farm, where milk is processed and turned into products such as butter and cheese.
  2. A dairy farm.
  3. A shop selling dairy products.
  4. (also dairy products or dairy produce) Products produced from milk.
  5. (New Zealand) A corner-store, superette or 'mini-mart' of some description.

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Adjective

dairy ‎(not comparable)

  1. Referring to products produced from milk.
  2. Referring to the milk production and processing industries.
  3. (Britain) On food labelling, containing fats only from dairy sources (e.g. dairy ice cream).

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References

  • “dairy” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006.

Etymology

Origin 1250–1300, (Middle English daierie and other forms), from dey ‎(“dairymaid”) + -ery.

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