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
tale of a building. See Story.
5. The
part of the
home assigned to the members. The
right to speak.
Instead of he has the floor, the English speak, he is in possession of the house.
6. That
part of the
bottom of a
vessel on
every side of the keelson which is most almost horizontal.
7.
The rock underlying a stratified or almost horizontal deposit. A horizontal, flat ore body. Floor dress, a hard fabric, painted, varnished, or saturated, with waterproof material, for covering floors; oilcloth. Floor cramp, an implement for tightening the seams of floor boards till nailing them in position. Floor easy, a frame with glass panes in a floor. Floor plan.
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.
Origin: AS. Flr; akin to D. Vloer, G. Flur field, floor, entrance hall, Icel. Flr floor of a cow stall, cf. Ir. & Gael. Lar floor, ground, land, W. Llawr, perh. Akin to L. Planus level. Cf. Plain smooth.
Source: Websters Vocabulary