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   Spence , n. [OF. despense, F. dépense, buffet, buttery, fr. OF. despendre to spend, distribute, L. dispendere, dispensum. See Dispense, Spend.]
   A place where provisions are kept; a buttery; a larder; a pantry. 
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   In . . . his spence, or “pantry” were hung the carcasses of a sheep or ewe, and two cows lately slaughtered.
   Sir W. Scott.
   
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   Bluff Harry broke into the spence,
   And turned the cowls adrift.
   Tennyson.
   
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   The inner apartment of a country house; also, the place where the family sit and eat. [Scot.]
   Jamieson.
   
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