GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

last match results

Found one definition 

  1.       

    Dairy , n.; pl. Dairies . [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.
      1913 Webster
      What stores my dairies and my folds contain.
      Dryden.

      1913 Webster
    2. That department of farming which is concerned in the production of milk, and its conversion into butter and cheese.
      1913 Webster
      Grounds were turned much in England either to feeding or dairy; and this advanced the trade of English butter.
      Temple.

      1913 Webster
    3. A dairy farm. [R.]
      1913 Webster
      ☞ Dairy is much used adjectively or in combination; as, dairy farm, dairy countries, dairy house or dairyhouse, dairyroom, dairywork, etc.
      1913 Webster

Last match results