A building in which goods and merchandise are sold at retail, or where mechanics work, and sometimes keep their products for sale. See State v. Morgan, 98 N. C. 641, 3 S. E. 927; State v. o'Connell, 26 Ind. 267; State v. Sprague, 149 Mo. 409, 50 S. W. 901
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)