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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 456 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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TAVERN , the old name for an

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inn, a public

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HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house where liquor is sold and

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food is supplied to travellers . It is, however, now usually applied to a small

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ale-house where liquor only is supplied . The word comes through Fr. from

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Lat. taberna, a

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booth,

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SHOP

shop, inn . It is usually connected with the

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root seen in " tabula,"

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BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board, whence Eng . " table," and thus meant originally a hut or booth made of planks or boards of

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wood .

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