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   Floor , n. [AS. flōr; akin to D. vloer, G. flur field, floor, entrance hall, Icel. flōr floor of a cow stall, cf. Ir. & Gael. lar floor, ground, earth, W. llawr, perh. akin to L. planus level.  Cf. Plain smooth.]
   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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   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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   The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge.
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   A story of a building. See Story.
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   (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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   ☞ Instead of he has the floor, the English say, he is in possession of the house.
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   (Naut.) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
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   (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.]
   To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards.
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   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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   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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