SPENCE
\spˈɛns], \spˈɛns], \s_p_ˈɛ_n_s]\
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A place where provisions are kept; a buttery; a larder; a pantry.
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The inner apartment of a country house; also, the place where the family sit and eat.
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spens, n. (prov.) a place where provisions are kept: a larder: a pantry.--Also SPENSE. [O. Fr. despense, a buttery--despendre--L. dispend[)e]re.]
By Thomas Davidson
By Sir Augustus Henry