01 n. A place where provisions are kept; a buttery; a larder; a pantry.
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A place where provisions are kept; a buttery; a larder; a pantry.Chiefly Brit. dial. [MW10]“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.
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The inner apartment of a country house; also, the place where the family sit and eat.[Scot.]