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lactary
lactary, a. and n. rare. (ˈlæktərɪ) [ad. L. lactāri-us, f. lact-, lac milk.] A. adj. Of or pertaining to milk; concerned with milk. † Of a plant: Yielding a milky juice.1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vi. x. 323 Why also from Lactary or milky plants which have a white and lacteous juice dispersed thro...
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lactarious
lactarious, a. rare—0. (lækˈtɛərɪəs) [f. L. lactārius lactary + -ous.] = lactary a.; ‘applied to some of the agarics which yield a milky juice’ (Mayne Expos. Lex. 1855). Hence lacˈtariously adv. (jocular nonce-wd.) on milk diet.1775 C. Sturges in J. Granger's Lett. (1805) 167 Her little boy goes on ...
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lacteous
lacteous, a. (ˈlæktiːəs) [f. L. lacte-us (see lacteal) + -ous.] 1. Of the nature of milk; milky.1646 [see lactary a.]. 1666 J. Smith Old Age (ed. 2) 174 There is a lacteous, and a caseous part therein. 1696 J. Edwards Demonstr. Existence God ii. 101 Others reckon it to be a lacteous excrement.fig. 1...
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milkman
milkman (ˈmɪlkmən) [f. milk n.1 + man.] 1. A man who sells milk.1589 Rider Bibl. Schol., A milke man, lactarius. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Lactary, a Dairyhouse, and may be used for a Dayry-man, Milk man, or Chees-monger. 1679 Trials of Green, Berry, etc. 65 On Friday morning our Milkman came and told ...
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