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Dairies

Dairy \Dai"ry\ (d[=a]"r[y^]), n.; pl. Dairies (-r[i^]z). [OE. deierie, from deie, daie, maid; of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. deigja maid, dairymaid, Sw. deja, orig., a baking maid, fr. Icel. deig. [root]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.]

    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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dairies

n. (dairy English)

Usage examples of "dairies".

Bingham and her fabulous jewels, aristocratic lineage, magisterial presence onto the front page of the Tribune, she had received not only a number of advertisements for the Silversmith Dairies but a large number of invitations to Mrs.

She picked berries dutifully and helped to stem them for conserves, helped churn butter in the dairies, and seldom had leisure even for a ride, let alone to give Preciosa proper exercise.

Although Dairies had receding white hair and a seamed face, time had been kind enough to make him look not so much old as dignified.