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BUTTERY (from O. Fr. boterie, Late Lat. botaria, a place where liquor is stored, from butta, a cask)

BUTTERY (from O. Fr. boterie, See also:
LATE
Late See also:
LAT
Lat. botaria, a See also:
PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)
place where liquor is stored, from butta, a cask) , a See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place for storing See also:

WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine; later, with a confusion with " See also:

BUTTER (Lat. butyrum, Gr. 0obrvpov, apparently connected with $ous, cow, and rvpbs, cheese, but, according to the New English Dictionary, perhaps of Scythian origin)

butter," a See also:

PANTRY (O. Fr. paneterie; Med. Lat. panetaria, a bread-shop, from panis, bread)

pantry or See also:

STORE (from O. Fr. estor or estoire, Late Lat. staurum or instaurum, stock, provisions, supply, from the late use of instaurare, to provide, properly to construct, renew, restore)

store-See also:

ROOM

room for See also:

food; especially, at colleges at See also:

Oxford and See also:

Cambridge, the place where food other than See also:

MEAT

meat, especially See also:

BREAD

bread and butter, See also:

ale and wipes, &c., are kept .

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