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Pronunciation : But"ter*y
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Having the qualities, consistence, or appearance, of butter.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : But"ter*y
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [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.]
Definition : 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.

pl. Buttplwies (.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913