Lactary
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈlæktəɹi/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Lactary is an adjective meaning Alternative form of lactory.
Meaning
Alternative form of lactory.
More Meanings
- (archaic) A dairyhouse.
Example Sentences
At Laycock’s “lactary,” at Islington, which is one of the best, their food is composed of brewers’ grains, mangel wurtzel, ruta baga, and hay; […]
The quantity of butter made here is, for an obvious reason small; and rarely exceeds 100 lbs. per week. […] Such is one of the London Lactaries:—there are many of them, some of larger, several of equal, and a few of interior extent.
The same may be said of the ‘long-horns’ and of the ‘Alderneys;’ for the former, though fattened for the market, and yielding a large supply of butter and cheese, are not kept to any great extent in the ‘lactaries,’ or milk establishments; […]
Word Forms
- lactaries
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lardry, lardery, lare, farmery, landlordry, vachery.
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