different between vairy vs dairy

English

Alternative forms

• vairé
• verré
• verrey

Adjective

vairy (not comparable)

1. (heraldry, of a field or charge) Divided into vair-bells of two or more tinctures.

Anagrams

• Viray, viary

English

Etymology

Origin 1250–1300 (Middle English daierie and other forms), from dey (“dairymaid”) + -ery.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d???i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d???i/, /?d??.i/
• (Mary–marry–merry merger)
• Rhymes: -???i

Noun

dairy (plural dairies)

1. A place, often on a farm, where milk is processed and turned into products such as butter and cheese.

2. A dairy farm.
3. A shop selling dairy products.

   Synonym: milkhouse

   Synonym: milkery (rare)

4. (New Zealand) A corner store, superette or minimart.
5. (slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.
   • 2011, Kate Moore, To Seduce an Angel

     Her dairies as Wallop had called them were on display, or at least as much of them as she and Ruth could not contrive to cover.

dairy (uncountable)

1. (also dairy products or dairy produce) Products produced from milk.

Derived terms

• dairy farmer
• dairy farming
• dairymaid
• nondairy

Translations

Adjective

dairy (not comparable)

1. Referring to products produced from milk.
   1. (specifically) Referring to products produced from animal milk as opposed to non-milk substitutes.

      Is this milk dairy or soy?

2. Referring to the milk production and processing industries.
3. (Britain) On food labelling, containing fats only from dairy sources (e.g. dairy ice cream).

Translations

References

• “dairy” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• (woman's breast): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

• diary, yaird