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lactary

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin lactarius.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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lactary (comparative more lactary, superlative most lactary)

  1. Alternative form of lactory

Noun

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lactary (plural lactaries)

  1. (archaic) A dairyhouse.
    • 1841 July, “A Day at a London Dairy”, in The Penny Magazine [], volume 10, page 300:
      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; []
    • 1841 December 22, J. R., “London Lactaries”, in New England Farmer, and Horticultural Register, volume 20, number 25, page 197:
      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.
    • 1842, Robert M. Hartley, An Historical, Scientific and Practical Essay on Milk [], page 285:
      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; []

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