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Found 2 hits - Term: buttery hatch, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
hatch \hatch\, n. oe. hacche, as. haec, cf. haca the bar of a
   door, d. hek gate, sw. haumck coop, rack, dan. hekke
   manger, rack. prob. akin to e. hook, and first used of
   something made of pieces fastened together. cf. heck,
   hack a frame.
   1. a door with an opening over it; a half door, sometimes set
      with spikes on the upper edge.
      1913 webster

            in at the window, or else o'er the hatch. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. a frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.
      1913 webster

   3. a flood gate; a sluice gate. --ainsworth.
      1913 webster

   4. a bedstead. scot. --sir w. scott.
      1913 webster

   5. an opening in the deck of a vessel or floor of a warehouse
      which serves as a passageway or hoistway; a hatchway;
      also; a cover or door, or one of the covers used in
      closing such an opening.
      1913 webster

   6. mining an opening into, or in search of, a mine.
      1913 webster

   booby hatch, buttery hatch, companion hatch, etc. see
      under booby, buttery, etc.

   to batten down the hatches naut., to lay tarpaulins over
      them, and secure them with battens.

   to be under hatches, to be confined below in a vessel; to
      be under arrest, or in slavery, distress, etc.
      1913 webster
see also:
heck hack booby hatch buttery hatch companion hatch booby 
buttery to batten down the hatches to be under hatches 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
buttery \but"tery\, n.; 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.
      1913 webster

            all that need a cool and fresh temper, as cellars,
            pantries, and butteries, to the north. --sir h.
                                                  wotton.
      1913 webster

   2. a room in some english colleges where liquors, fruit, and
      refreshments are kept for sale to the students.
      1913 webster

            and the major oxford kept the buttery bar. --e.
                                                  hall.
      1913 webster

   3. a cellar in which butts of wine are kept. --weale.
      1913 webster

   buttery hatch, a half door between the buttery or kitchen
      and the hall, in old mansions, over which provisions were
      passed. --wright.
      1913 webster
see also:
butteries bottle butt buttery hatch 

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