Definition of Spnce
Spence (?), n. [OF. despense, F.
dépense, buffet, buttery, fr. OF. despendre to
spend, distribute, L. dispendere, dispensum. See
Dispense, Spend.] 1. A place where
provisions are kept; a buttery; a larder; a pantry.
In . . . his spence, or "pantry" were hung the
carcasses of a sheep or ewe, and two cows lately
slaughtered. Sir W. Scott.
Bluff Harry broke into the spence,
And turned the cowls adrift. Tennyson.
2. The inner apartment of a country house;
also, the place where the family sit and eat. [Scot.]
Jamieson.
Spence (?), n. [OF. despense, F.
dépense, buffet, buttery, fr. OF. despendre to
spend, distribute, L. dispendere, dispensum. See
Dispense, Spend.] 1. A place where
provisions are kept; a buttery; a larder; a pantry.
In . . . his spence, or "pantry" were hung the
carcasses of a sheep or ewe, and two cows lately
slaughtered. Sir W. Scott.
Bluff Harry broke into the spence,
And turned the cowls adrift. Tennyson.
2. The inner apartment of a country house;
also, the place where the family sit and eat. [Scot.]
Jamieson.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Short form of the male given name Spencer.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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