lactary

adj

1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of lactory.

noun

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; […]”

   “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.”

   “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; […]”