lactarene, lactarIne

[Lat. lac =milk.] A preparation of the casein of milk, used by calico printers. IMG:content-0312.png:[blocks in formation] *lăc-tar-y, a. & s. [Lat. lactarius , from lac = milk; Fr. lactaire ; Sp. lactario .] A. As adj .: Full of milk, or of a juice resembling milk; milky. "From lactary , or milky plants, which have a white and lacteous juice dispersed through every part, there arise flowers blue and yellow." - Browne: Vulgar Errors, bk. vi., ch. Χ. B. As subst.: A dairy-house. lăc-tāte, s . [Eng. lact (ic); -ate .] Chem.: A salt of lactic acid.