Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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SHOP, noun
1. A builking in which goods, wares, drugs, etc. 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 intransitive To visit shops for purchasing goods; used chiefly in the participle; as, the laky is shopping.