01 n. One who has the care of the spence, or buttery.
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One who has the care of the spence, or buttery.[Obs.]
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3 senses · 3 variants
Webster, 1913
Spencer
02 n. A short jacket worn by men and by women.
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A short jacket worn by men and by women.
03 n. 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…
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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].(Naut.)
Phrases & compounds
Spencer mast —
a small mast just abaft the foremast or mainmast, for hoisting the spencer.