Category:Spence

Spence, n. Etym: [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. 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.

2. The inner apartment of a country house; also, the place where the Family sit and eat. [scot.] Jamieson.