Dai·ry n.; pl. Dairies
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.]
Note: ☞ Dairy is much used adjectively or in combination; as, dairy farm, dairy countries, dairy house or dairyhouse, dairyroom, dairywork, etc.
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