lactary

English

Etymology

From Latin lactarius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlæktəɹi/
• Homophone: lactory
• Rhymes: -æktəɹi

Adjective

lactary (comparative more lactary, superlative most lactary)

1. Alternative form of lactory

Noun

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; […]

Further reading

• “lactary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.