n.; pl. Butteries [ OE. botery, botry; cf. LL. botaria wine vessel; also OE. botelerie, fr. F. bouteillerie, fr. boutellie bottle. Not derived from butter. See Bottle a hollow vessel, Butt a cask. ] 1. An apartment in a house where butter, milk and other provisions are kept. [ 1913 Webster ] All that need a cool and fresh temper, as cellars, pantries, and butteries, to the north. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A room in some English colleges where liquors, fruit, and refreshments are kept for sale to the students. [ 1913 Webster ] And the major Oxford kept the buttery bar. E. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. A cellar in which butts of wine are kept. Weale. [ 1913 Webster ]
Buttery hatch, a half door between the buttery or kitchen and the hall, in old mansions, over which provisions were passed. Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]
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