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Buttery hatch
(gcide) | Hatch \Hatch\, n. [OE. hacche, AS. h[ae]c, cf. haca the bar of a
door, D. hek gate, Sw. h[aum]ck 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.
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In at the window, or else o'er the hatch. --Shak.
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2. A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.
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3. A flood gate; a sluice gate. --Ainsworth.
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4. A bedstead. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
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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.
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6. (Mining) An opening into, or in search of, a mine.
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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.
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Buttery hatch
(gcide) | Buttery \But"ter*y\, 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.
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All that need a cool and fresh temper, as cellars,
pantries, and butteries, to the north. --Sir H.
Wotton.
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2. A room in some English colleges where liquors, fruit, and
refreshments are kept for sale to the students.
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And the major Oxford kept the buttery bar. --E.
Hall.
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3. A cellar in which butts of wine are kept. --Weale.
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Buttery hatch, a half door between the buttery or kitchen
and the hall, in old mansions, over which provisions were
passed. --Wright.
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