Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A ledge on the top of a buttery-hatch on which to rest tan-kards.
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Examples
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Now, sir, ‘thought is free:’ I pray you, bring your hand to the buttery-bar and let it drink.
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Now, sir, thought is free: I pray you, bring your hand to the buttery-bar and let it drink.
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Now, sir, 'thought is free:' I pray you, bring your hand to the buttery-bar and let it drink.
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The Earl of Oxford was High Chamberlain; the Earl of Essex, carver; theEarl of Sussex, sewer; the Earl of Arundel, chief butler; on whom 12 citizens of London did give their attendance at the cupboard; the Earl of Derby, cup-bearer; the Viscount Lisle, panter; the Lord Burgeiny, chief larder; the Lord Broy, almoner for him and his copartners; and the Mayor of Oxford kept the buttery-bar: and Thomas Wyatt was chosen ewerer for for Sir Henry Wyatt, his father.
Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1811
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