Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TREAS-UR-Y, n. [trezh'ury.]

1. A place or building in which stores of wealth are reposited; particularly, a place where the public revenues are deposited and kept, and where money is disbursed to defray the expenses of government.
2. A building appropriated for keeping public money. – John viii. Also for keeping accounts of public money.
3. The officer or officers of the treasury department.
4. A repository of abundance. – Ps. cxxxv.