Emily Dickinson Lexicon

STORE, n. [W. ystor, that forms a bulk, a store; Sax. stor; Dan. stor; Sw. id. great, ample, spacious, main; Ir. stor, storas; Heb. Ch. Eth. and Ar. אצר atsar. Class Sr, No. 39.]

1. A large number; as, a store of years. [Obs.] – Dryden.
2. A large quantity; great plenty; abundance; as, a store of wheat or provisions. – Bacon.
3. A stock provided; a large quantity for supply; ample abundance. The troops have great stores of provisions and ammunition. The ships have stores for a long voyage. [This is the present usual acceptation of the word, and in this sense the plural, stores, is commonly used. When applied to a single article of supply, it is still sometimes used in the singular; as, a good store of wine or of bread.]
4. Quantity accumulated; fund; abundance; as, stores of knowledge.
5. A storehouse; a magazine; a warehouse. Nothing can be more convenient than the stores on Central wharf in Boston.
6. In the United States, shops for the sale of goods of any kind, by wholesale or retail, are often called stores. In store, in a state of accumulation, in a literal sense; hence in a state of store preparation for supply in a state of readiness. Happiness is laid up in store for the righteous; misery is in store for the wicked.