Category:Garner

Gar"ner, n. Etym: [OE. garner, gerner, greiner, OF. gernier, grenier, F. grenier, fr. L. granarium, fr. granum. See 1st Grain, and cf. Granary.]

Defn: A granary; a building or place where grain is stored for preservation.

garner Gar"ner, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Garnered; p. pr. & vb. n. Garnering.]

Defn: To gather for preservation; to store, as in a granary; to treasure. Shak.

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary.

Garner - (1.) Heb. 'otsar, a treasure; a store of goods laid up, and hence also the place where they are deposited (Joel 1:17; 2 Chronicles 32:27, rendered "treasury"). (2.) Heb. mezev, a cell, storeroom (Psalms 144:13); Gr. apotheke, a place for storing anything, a granary (Matthew 3:12; Luke 3:17).