FLOOR
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Floor (fl&ō;r), n. [AS. fl&ō;r; akin to D. vloer, G. flur field, floor, entrance hall, Icel. fl&ō;r floor of a cow stall, cf. Ir. & Gael. lar floor, ground, earth, W. llawr, perh. akin to L. planus level. Cf. Plain smooth.] 1. The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we stand and upon which the movables in the room are supported.
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2. The structure formed of beams, girders, etc., with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into stories. Floor in sense 1 is, then, the upper surface of floor in sense 2.
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3. The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge.
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4. A story of a building. See Story.
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5. (Legislative Assemblies) (a) The part of the house assigned to the members. (b) The right to speak; as, the gentleman from Iowa has the floor. [U.S.]
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&hand_; Instead of he has the floor, the English say, he is in possession of the house.
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6. (Naut.) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
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7. (Mining) (a) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit. (b) A horizontal, flat ore body. Raymond.
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Floor cloth, a heavy fabric, painted, varnished, or saturated, with waterproof material, for covering floors; oilcloth. -- Floor cramp, an implement for tightening the seams of floor boards before nailing them in position. -- Floor light, a frame with glass panes in a floor. -- Floor plan. (a) (Shipbuilding) A longitudinal section, showing a ship as divided at the water line. (b) (Arch.) A horizontal section, showing the thickness of the walls and partitions, arrangement of passages, apartments, and openings at the level of any floor of a house.
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Floor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Floored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Flooring.] 1. To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards.
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2. To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down; hence, to silence by a conclusive answer or retort; as, to floor an opponent.
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Floored or crushed by him.
Coleridge.
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3. To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college examination. [Colloq.]
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I've floored my little-go work.
T. Hughes.
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