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(1):

(v. t.) To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college examination.

(2):

(n.) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.

(3):

(n.) A story of a building. See Story.

(4):

(n.) The part of the house assigned to the members.

(5):

(n.) The right to speak.

(6):

(v. t.) 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.

(7):

(v. t.) To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards.

(8):

(n.) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.

(9):

(n.) A horizontal, flat ore body.

(10):

(n.) The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge.

(11):

(n.) 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.

(12):

(n.) The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we stand and upon which the movables in the room are supported.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Floor'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​f/floor.html. 1828.
 
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