\Spence\, n. [OF. despense, F. d['e]pense, buffet,
buttery, fr. OF. despendre to spend, distribute, L.
dispendere, dispensum. See {Dispense}, {Spend}.]
1. A place where provisions are kept; a buttery; a larder; a
   pantry.
   In . . . his spence, or ``pantry'' were hung the carcasses
   of a sheep or ewe, and two cows lately slaughtered. --Sir
                                               W. Scott.
   Bluff Harry broke into the spence, And turned the cowls
   adrift.                                     --Tennyson.
2. The inner apartment of a country house; also, the place
   where the family sit and eat. [Scot.] --Jamieson.