Spencer \Spen"cer\, n. [OF. despensier. See Spence, and cf. Dispenser.]

One who has the care of the spence, or buttery. [Obs.]

--Promptorium Parvulorum.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Spencer \Spen"cer\, n. [From the third Earl Spencer, who first wore it, or brought it into fashion.]

A short jacket worn by men and by women. --Ld. Lutton.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Spencer \Spen"cer\, n. (Naut.) A fore-and-aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast, hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff and no boom; a trysail carried at the foremast or mainmast; -- named after its inventor, Knight Spencer, of England [1802].

Spencer mast, a small mast just abaft the foremast or mainmast, for hoisting the spencer. --R. H. Dana, Jr.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Trysail \Try"sail\, n. (Naut.) A fore-and-aft sail, bent to a gaff, and hoisted on a lower mast or on a small mast, called the trysail mast, close abaft a lower mast; -- used chiefly as a storm sail. Called also spencer. --Totten.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)