Crossword clues for dairies
dairies
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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The place, room, or house where milk is kept, and converted into butter or cheese.
What stores my dairies and my folds contain.
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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.
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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.
Wiktionary
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.