Dairy
['deərɪ] or ['dɛri]
Definition
(n.) The place, room, or house where milk is kept, and converted into butter or cheese.
(n.) That department of farming which is concerned in the production of milk, and its conversion into butter and cheese.
(n.) A dairy farm.
Checker: Rosalind
Definition
n. the place where milk is kept and butter and cheese made: an establishment for the supply of milk.—ns. Dai′ry-farm; Dai′rying; Dai′rymaid; Dai′ryman.
Editor: Xenia
Unserious Contents or Definition
Dairy is a good dream both to the married and unmarried. See Churning Butter.
Typist: Patricia
Examples
- Dairy weights of ensilage fed to the stock were not taken. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- A year ago I sent some cream from Beaumont College dairy to the Rev. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Before any more questions could be put to her, she was called away to receive a basket of eggs at the dairy door. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- This process is known to make a very pure salt and has been used for some time as a practical method for manufacturing high-grade dairy and table salt. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The meat is run through enormous automatic grinders and choppers, and through mixers that approach a dairy churn in size. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The dairy becomes more worthy of the farmer's attention, and the quality of its produce gradually improves. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Closely allied to the dairy appliances are the incubator and the bee hive, both of which have claimed a large share of attention, and for which many patents have been granted. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- VENN, Dairy-farmer. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- And where does your fifty-cow dairy lie, Mr. Venn? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The business of the dairy, like the feeding of hogs and poultry, is originally carried on as a save-all. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The inferiority of the quality, indeed, compared with that of the produce of English dairies, is fully equal to that of the price. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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