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Webster 1913 Edition

Buttery

But′ter-y

,
Adj.
Having the qualities, consistence, or appearance, of butter.

But′ter-y

,
Noun.
;
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.
All that need a cool and fresh temper, as cellars, pantries, and
butteries
, to the north.
Sir H. Wotton.
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.
3.
A cellar in which butts of wine are kept.
Weale.
Buttery hatch
,
a half door between the buttery or kitchen and the hall, in old mansions, over which provisions were passed.
Wright.

Webster 1828 Edition

Buttery

BUT'TERY

,
Adj.
[from butter.] Having the qualities or appearance of butter.

BUT'TERY

,
Noun.
An apartment in a house, where butter, milk, provisions and utensils are kept. In some colleges, a room where liquors, fruit and refreshments are kept for sale to the students.

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