BUTTERY But"ter*y, n.; pl. Buttplwies (. Etym: [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.
BUTT HINGE
Butt" hinge`.
Defn: See 1st Butt, 10.
BUT-THORN
But"-thorn`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The common European starfish (Asterias rubens).
BUTTING
But"ting, n.
Defn: An abuttal; a boundary.
Without buttings or boundings on any side. Bp. Beveridge.