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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Booth \Booth\ (b[=oo][th]), n. [OE. bothe; cf Icel. b[=u][eth], Dan. & Sw bod, MHG. buode, G. bude, baude; from the same root as AS b[=u]an to dwell, E. boor, bower, be cf Bohem. bauda, Pol. buda, Russ. budka, Lith. buda, W. bwth, pl bythod Gael. buth, Ir both.] 1. A house or shed built of boards, boughs, or other slight materials, for temporary occupation. --Camden. 2. A covered stall or temporary structure in a fair or market, or at a polling place From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: booth n 1: a table (in a restaurant or bar) surrounded by two high-backed benches 2: small area set off by walls for special use [syn: {cubicle}, {stall}, {kiosk}] 3: a small shop at a fair; for selling goods or entertainment From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Booth a hut made of the branches of a tree. In such tabernacles Jacob sojourned for a season at a place named from this circumstance Succoth (Gen. 33:17). Booths were erected also at the feast of Tabernacles (q.v.), Lev. 23:42, 43, which commemorated the abode of the Israelites in the wilderness.
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