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.
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.
Floored or crushed by him.
Coleridge. 3. To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college examination. [Colloq.]
I've floored my little-go
work.
T.
Hughes.
Floor (?), n. [AS. fl&?;r; akin to D.
vloer, G. flur field, floor, entrance hall, Icel.
fl&?;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.
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.
3. The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we walk
or travel; as, the floor of a
bridge.
4. A story of a building. See Story.
5. (Legislative
Assemblies) (a) The part of the house assigned to the members. (b) The right to speak. [U.S.]
&fist; Instead of he has the floor, the English say, he is in possession of the house.
6. (Naut.) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of
the keelson which is most
nearly horizontal.
7. (Mining) (a)
The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit. (b)
A horizontal, flat ore body. Raymond.
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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