From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Buttery \But"ter*y\, adjective Having the qualities, consistence, or appearance, of butter.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Buttery \But"ter*y\, noun; 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
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
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