n. [ OF. despensier. See Spence, and cf. Dispenser. ] One who has the care of the spence, or buttery. [ Obs. ] Promptorium Parvulorum. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ From the third Earl Spencer, who first wore it, or brought it into fashion. ] A short jacket worn by men and by women. Ld. Lutton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Naut.) A fore-and-aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast, hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff and no boom; a trysail carried at the foremast or mainmast; -- named after its inventor, Knight Spencer, of England [ 1802 ]. [ 1913 Webster ]
Spencer mast,