01 a. Having the qualities, consistence, or appearance, of butter.
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Having the qualities, consistence, or appearance, of butter.
Entry
4 senses · 2 variants
Webster, 1913
Buttery
02 n. An apartment in a house where butter, milk and other provisions are kept.
pl.
Butteries
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An apartment in a house where butter, milk and other provisions are kept.“All that need a cool and fresh temper, as cellars, pantries, and butteries, to the north.” — Sir H. Wotton.
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2.
A room in some English colleges where liquors, fruit, and refreshments are kept for sale to the students.“And the major Oxford kept the buttery bar.” — E. Hall.
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3.
A cellar in which butts of wine are kept.
Phrases & compounds
Buttery hatch —
a half door between the buttery or kitchen and the hall, in old mansions, over which provisions were passed.