Buttery \But"ter*y\, a. Having the qualities, consistence, or appearance, of butter. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Buttery \But"ter*y\, n.; 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. [1913 Webster]

All that need a cool and fresh temper, as cellars, pantries, and butteries, to the north. --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]

2. A room in some English colleges where liquors, fruit, and refreshments are kept for sale to the students. [1913 Webster]

And the major Oxford kept the buttery bar. --E. Hall. [1913 Webster]

3. A cellar in which butts of wine are kept. --Weale. [1913 Webster]

Buttery hatch, a half door between the buttery or kitchen and the hall, in old mansions, over which provisions were passed. --Wright. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

buttery adj
1: unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep" [syn: fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, unctuous]
2: resembling or containing or spread with butter; "a rich buttery cake"

noun

1: a small storeroom for storing foods or wines [syn: pantry, larder]
2: a teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Buttery \But"ter*y\, a. Having the qualities, consistence, or appearance, of butter.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Buttery \But"ter*y\, n.; 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)