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lactaries

lactaries is the plural of lactary.

Meaning of lactary

Noun

lactary (plural lactaries)

  1. (archaic) A dairyhouse.
    • 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

Questions about lactaries

What is lactaries the plural of?
Lactaries is the plural of lactary.

Words near lactaries in the dictionary

  1. lactards
  2. lactarene
  3. lactaria
  4. lactarian
  5. lactarians
  6. lactaries
  7. lactariid
  8. lactariids
  9. lactarine
  10. lactarium
  11. lactary

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