v. i.
He was engaged with his mother and some ladies to go shopping. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ 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. ]
From shop to shop
Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks
The polished counter. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
A tailor called me in his shop. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
To smell of the shop,
To talk shop,
obs. imp. of Shape. Shaped. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A bench or board on which work is performed; a workbench. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A book in which a tradesman keeps his accounts. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A boy employed in a shop. [ 1913 Webster ]
obs. p. p. of Shape. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A girl employed in a shop. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail; -- in distinction from one who sells by wholesale. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Shop + lift. See Lift to steal. ] One who steals anything in a shop, or takes goods privately from a shop; one who, under pretense of buying goods, takes occasion to steal. [ 1913 Webster ]