2. The inner apartment of a country house; also, the place where the family sit and eat. [Scot.] Jamieson.
SPENCER
Spen"cer, n. Etym: [OF. despensier. See Spence, and cf. Dispenser.]
Defn: One who has the care of the spence, or buttery. [Obs.]
Promptorium Parvulorum.
SPENCER Spen"cer, n. Etym: [From the third Earl Spencer, who first wore it, or brought it into fashion.]
Defn: A short jacket worn by men and by women. Ld. Lutton.
SPENCER
Spen"cer, n. (Naut.)
Defn: A fore-and-aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast, hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff and no boom; a trysail carried at the foremast or mainmast; — named after its inventor, Knight Spencer, of England [1802]. Spencer mast, a small mast just abaft the foremast or mainmast, for hoisting the spencer. R. H. Dana, Jr.
SPEND
Spend, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spent; p. pr. & vb. n. Spending.] Etym:
[AS. spendan (in comp.), fr. L. expendere or dispendere to weigh out,
to expend, dispense. See Pendant, and cf. Dispend, Expend, Spence,
Spencer.]
1. To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend
money for clothing.
Spend thou that in the town. Shak.
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread Isa. lv. 2.
2. To bestow; to employ; — often with on or upon. I . . . am never loath To spend my judgment. Herbert.