spence
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Spence \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. [1913 Webster]
In . . . his spence, or "pantry" were hung the carcasses of a sheep or ewe, and two cows lately slaughtered.— Sir W. Scott.[1913 Webster]
Bluff Harry broke into the spence, And turned the cowls adrift.— Tennyson.[1913 Webster]
2.The inner apartment of a country house; also, the place where the family sit and eat. [Scot.] --Jamieson. [1913 Webster]