lactary

comparative more lactary · superlative most lactary

1. alternativeAlternative form of lactory.

plural lactaries

1. archaicA dairyhouse.

   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; […]

   1842, Robert M. Hartley, An Historical, Scientific and Practical Essay on Milk […], page 285

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   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 July, “A Day at a London Dairy”, in The Penny Magazine […], volume 10, page 300

   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.

   1841 December 22, J. R., “London Lactaries”, in New England Farmer, and Horticultural Register, volume 20, number 25, page 197