dey-house Now local.
(ˈdeɪhaʊs)
Forms: 4 deyhus, 6 dayhowse, deahouse, deyhowse.
[f. dey1 + house.]
A dairy or dairy-house.
| 1342–74 Roll in Scriptores tres (Surtees) App. cxli, Item unam stabulam et unum deyhus de Petynton. a 1547 Surv. Tykford Priory in Monast. Anglic. V. 206 On the northside the gate is a howse called the dayhowse. 1565–73 Cooper Thesaurus, Casearia taberna..A dayhouse where cheese is made. 1578 Lanc. Wills III. 101 Item belongyng to y⊇ deahouse xij brasse pannes vij skelletes two ladles and a scomer. 1825 Britton Beauties of Wiltsh. (E.D.S. 1879), Deyhouse, Da'us, Dayus, a dairy, or room in which the cheese is made. 1883 Cope Hampsh. Gloss., Dey-hus. 1890 Glouc. Gl., Dey-house (pronounced dey'us), the dairy. |