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Webster 1913 Edition
Shop
Shop
,Noun.
[OE.
shoppe
, schoppe
, AS. sceoppa
a treasury, a storehouse, stall, booth; akin to scypen
a shed, LG. schup
a shed, G. schoppen
, schuppen
, a shed, a coachhouse, OHG. scopf
.] 1.
A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc., are sold by retail.
From
Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks
The polished counter.
shop
to shop
Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks
The polished counter.
Cowper.
2.
A building in which mechanics or artisans work;
as, a shoe
shop
; a car shop
.A tailor called me in his
shop
. Shakespeare
☞ Shop is often used adjectively or in composition; as, shop rent, or shop-rent; shop thief, or shop-thief; shop window, or shop-window, etc.
To smell of the shop
, to indicate too distinctively one’s occupation or profession.
– To talk shop
, to make one's business the topic of social conversation; also, to use the phrases peculiar to one's employment.
[Colloq.]
Syn. – Store; warehouse. See
Store
. Shop
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Shopped
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shopping
.] To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods.
He was engaged with his mother and some ladies to go
shopping
. Byron.
Webster 1828 Edition
Shop
SHOP
,Noun.
1. A builking in which goods, wares, drugs, &c. are sold by retail.
2. a building in which mechanics work, and where they keep their manufactures for sale.
Keep your shop, and your shop will keep you. Franklin.
SHOP
,Verb.
I.